119th Congress

H.R. 3112

Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025

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Passed House
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Became law

Sponsor: Nicole Malliotakis(R-NY)
Introduced: Apr 30, 2025
Policy area: Animals
Committees: House Committee on Agriculture
Official text: Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (208)

Original cosponsors (3)

Added later (205)

Betty McCollum (D-MN) · May 5, 2025
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) · May 5, 2025
Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · May 5, 2025
Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · May 5, 2025
Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · May 5, 2025
Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) · May 5, 2025
Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · May 5, 2025
Steve Cohen (D-TN) · May 5, 2025
Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) · May 5, 2025
Brad Sherman (D-CA) · May 6, 2025
C001127 · May 6, 2025
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) · May 6, 2025
Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · May 6, 2025
Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH) · May 7, 2025
S001207 · May 7, 2025
Michael Lawler (R-NY) · May 8, 2025
Nick LaLota (R-NY) · May 8, 2025
Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · May 13, 2025
James A. Himes (D-CT) · May 13, 2025
Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC) · May 13, 2025
Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · May 14, 2025
Seth Moulton (D-MA) · May 19, 2025
Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL) · May 29, 2025
David Schweikert (R-AZ) · May 29, 2025
Mike Carey (R-OH) · Jun 2, 2025
Julia Brownley (D-CA) · Jun 3, 2025
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · Jun 4, 2025
William R. Keating (D-MA) · Jun 4, 2025
Bill Foster (D-IL) · Jun 10, 2025
Judy Chu (D-CA) · Jun 10, 2025
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) · Jun 11, 2025
Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) · Jun 11, 2025
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) · Jun 17, 2025
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) · Jun 17, 2025
Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN) · Jun 17, 2025
Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Jun 17, 2025
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) · Jun 17, 2025
Raul Ruiz (D-CA) · Jun 17, 2025
Richard E. Neal (D-MA) · Jun 17, 2025
Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · Jun 17, 2025
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · Jun 20, 2025
Seth Magaziner (D-RI) · Jun 20, 2025
Ilhan Omar (D-MN) · Jun 23, 2025
Jared Huffman (D-CA) · Jun 23, 2025
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · Jun 23, 2025
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · Jun 23, 2025
Mike Levin (D-CA) · Jun 23, 2025
Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Jun 23, 2025
Darren Soto (D-FL) · Jun 26, 2025
Diana DeGette (D-CO) · Jun 26, 2025
Vern Buchanan (R-FL) · Jun 26, 2025
Nellie Pou (D-NJ) · Jun 27, 2025
S001157 · Jul 2, 2025
Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Jul 2, 2025
André Carson (D-IN) · Jul 10, 2025
Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Jul 10, 2025
Dina Titus (D-NV) · Jul 10, 2025
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) · Jul 10, 2025
Grace Meng (D-NY) · Jul 10, 2025
Greg Stanton (D-AZ) · Jul 10, 2025
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) · Jul 10, 2025
Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI) · Jul 10, 2025
Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) · Jul 10, 2025
Kevin Mullin (D-CA) · Jul 10, 2025
Laura Friedman (D-CA) · Jul 10, 2025
Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) · Jul 10, 2025
Mark Takano (D-CA) · Jul 10, 2025
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) · Jul 10, 2025
Patrick Ryan (D-NY) · Jul 10, 2025
Veronica Escobar (D-TX) · Jul 10, 2025
Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · Jul 14, 2025
Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Jul 22, 2025
Ken Calvert (R-CA) · Jul 23, 2025
Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL) · Jul 29, 2025
Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) · Jul 29, 2025
Jason Crow (D-CO) · Aug 5, 2025
April McClain Delaney (D-MD) · Aug 15, 2025
Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Aug 15, 2025
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · Aug 15, 2025
Kim Schrier (D-WA) · Aug 26, 2025
Dwight Evans (D-PA) · Sep 2, 2025
S001193 · Sep 2, 2025
Susie Lee (D-NV) · Sep 2, 2025
Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · Sep 8, 2025
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Sep 11, 2025
Daniel Meuser (R-PA) · Sep 15, 2025
Gabe Amo (D-RI) · Sep 16, 2025
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Sep 16, 2025
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) · Oct 3, 2025
J. Luis Correa (D-CA) · Oct 3, 2025
James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · Oct 3, 2025
Jamie Raskin (D-MD) · Oct 3, 2025
Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · Oct 3, 2025
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) · Oct 3, 2025
Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Oct 3, 2025
Laura Gillen (D-NY) · Oct 3, 2025
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · Oct 3, 2025
Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) · Oct 10, 2025
Nancy Mace (R-SC) · Oct 10, 2025
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Oct 10, 2025
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) · Oct 17, 2025
Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) · Oct 17, 2025
Josh Harder (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) · Oct 17, 2025
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) · Oct 17, 2025
Lori Trahan (D-MA) · Oct 17, 2025
Madeleine Dean (D-PA) · Oct 17, 2025
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) · Oct 17, 2025
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) · Oct 17, 2025
Paul Tonko (D-NY) · Oct 17, 2025
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) · Oct 17, 2025
Ro Khanna (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) · Oct 17, 2025
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Oct 17, 2025
Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Oct 17, 2025
Young Kim (R-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) · Oct 21, 2025
Summer L. Lee (D-PA) · Oct 21, 2025
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · Oct 21, 2025
Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) · Oct 24, 2025
Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · Oct 24, 2025
James P. McGovern (D-MA) · Oct 24, 2025
Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · Oct 24, 2025
Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · Oct 24, 2025
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) · Oct 24, 2025
Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Oct 24, 2025
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Oct 24, 2025
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) · Oct 24, 2025
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Oct 28, 2025
Eric Sorensen (D-IL) · Oct 31, 2025
Haley M. Stevens (D-MI) · Oct 31, 2025
Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Oct 31, 2025
Ted Lieu (D-CA) · Oct 31, 2025
Adam Smith (D-WA) · Nov 4, 2025
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) · Nov 4, 2025
Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Nov 4, 2025
Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Nov 4, 2025
Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · Nov 4, 2025
Lucy McBath (D-GA) · Nov 4, 2025
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) · Nov 4, 2025
Pete Aguilar (D-CA) · Nov 4, 2025
Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) · Nov 4, 2025
Val T. Hoyle (D-OR) · Nov 4, 2025
Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · Nov 7, 2025
Dave Min (D-CA) · Nov 7, 2025
George Latimer (D-NY) · Nov 7, 2025
Glenn Ivey (D-MD) · Nov 7, 2025
Greg Casar (D-TX) · Nov 7, 2025
Maxine Dexter (D-OR) · Nov 7, 2025
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) · Nov 7, 2025
Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Nov 12, 2025
Ami Bera (D-CA) · Nov 17, 2025
Joe Courtney (D-CT) · Nov 17, 2025
John W. Mannion (D-NY) · Nov 17, 2025
Julie Johnson (D-TX) · Nov 17, 2025
Mark Pocan (D-WI) · Nov 17, 2025
Michael R. Turner (R-OH) · Nov 17, 2025
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) · Nov 17, 2025
Cleo Fields (D-LA) · Nov 20, 2025
Emily Randall (D-WA) · Nov 20, 2025
Juan Vargas (D-CA) · Nov 20, 2025
Lois Frankel (D-FL) · Nov 20, 2025
Norma J. Torres (D-CA) · Nov 20, 2025
Robert Garcia (D-CA) · Nov 20, 2025
Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Nov 20, 2025
Sean Casten (D-IL) · Nov 20, 2025
Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) · Nov 20, 2025
Wesley Bell (D-MO) · Nov 20, 2025
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) · Nov 25, 2025
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) · Nov 25, 2025
Derek Tran (D-CA) · Dec 1, 2025
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) · Dec 1, 2025
Becca Balint (D-VT) · Dec 2, 2025
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) · Dec 4, 2025
Steven Horsford (D-NV) · Dec 4, 2025
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Dec 10, 2025
Gwen Moore (D-WI) · Dec 10, 2025
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ) · Dec 10, 2025
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) · Dec 10, 2025
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD) · Dec 11, 2025
Joaquin Castro (D-TX) · Dec 15, 2025
Ritchie Torres (D-NY) · Dec 15, 2025
Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) · Dec 18, 2025
Kathy Castor (D-FL) · Dec 18, 2025
Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) · Dec 18, 2025
Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) · Dec 18, 2025
Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Dec 19, 2025
Danny K. Davis (D-IL) · Dec 19, 2025
Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX) · Jan 27, 2026
Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Feb 12, 2026
John B. Larson (D-CT) · Feb 17, 2026
Laurel M. Lee (R-FL) · Apr 13, 2026
Rick Larsen (D-WA) · Apr 29, 2026
Kelly Morrison (D-MN) · Aug 27, 2026
Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) · Sep 1, 2026
Sara Jacobs (D-CA) · Sep 1, 2026
Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) · Sep 3, 2026
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) · Sep 10, 2026
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) · Sep 14, 2026
Luz M. Rivas (D-CA) · Sep 14, 2026
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · Sep 16, 2026
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) · Sep 16, 2026
Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) · Oct 5, 2026
Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ) · Oct 9, 2026
Maxine Waters (D-CA) · Oct 9, 2026

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

Latest action(Apr 30, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

Apr 30, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced in House