119th Congress
S. 1538
Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)
- Introduced
- Apr 30, 2025
- Policy area
- Animals
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (39)
Original cosponsors (1)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
Added later (38)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) · Jun 23, 2025
- Peter Welch (D-VT) · Jun 23, 2025
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · Jul 22, 2025
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Jul 29, 2025
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · Jul 29, 2025
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · Sep 2, 2025
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Sep 2, 2025
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) · Sep 15, 2025
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) · Sep 15, 2025
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME) · Sep 15, 2025
- Andy Kim (D-NJ) · Sep 19, 2025
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Oct 14, 2025
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT) · Oct 20, 2025
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · Oct 20, 2025
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · Oct 20, 2025
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) · Oct 22, 2025
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Oct 22, 2025
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · Oct 23, 2025
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) · Oct 27, 2025
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · Oct 28, 2025
- Brian Schatz (D-HI) · Oct 29, 2025
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA) · Nov 3, 2025
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · Nov 4, 2025
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) · Nov 5, 2025
- Patty Murray (D-WA) · Nov 5, 2025
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA) · Nov 18, 2025
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · Nov 18, 2025
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · Nov 18, 2025
- Jack Reed (D-RI) · Nov 20, 2025
- Tina Smith (D-MN) · Dec 1, 2025
- Alex Padilla (D-CA) · Dec 8, 2025
- John Fetterman (D-PA) · Dec 9, 2025
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · Dec 15, 2025
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · Dec 16, 2025
- Tim Kaine (D-VA) · Dec 17, 2025
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · Dec 18, 2025
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · Aug 3, 2026
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · Sep 14, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: A bill 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): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Apr 30, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. - Apr 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate