HR 1624 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Puppy Protection Act of 2023

Introduced Mar 17, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA

Latest action · Apr 19, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 17, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Puppy Protection Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs

adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care;
appropriate and nutritious food;
continuous access to potable water; and
meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day.

The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.

Cosponsors 237

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2023 to Dec 10, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Mar 17, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 17, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 17, 2023
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 22, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Mar 23, 2023
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Mar 27, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone		Mar 27, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Mar 27, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 27, 2023
R-NY	George Santos		Mar 27, 2023
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Mar 27, 2023
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Mar 27, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Mar 27, 2023
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Mar 27, 2023
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Mar 27, 2023
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Mar 27, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Mar 27, 2023
R-IA	Zachary Nunn		Mar 27, 2023
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 28, 2023
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez		Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Mar 28, 2023
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Mar 28, 2023
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Mar 28, 2023
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Mar 29, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Mar 29, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 29, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 3, 2023
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Apr 3, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Apr 3, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten		Apr 3, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Apr 3, 2023
D-CA	Jim Costa		Apr 3, 2023
D-CA	Kevin Mullin		Apr 3, 2023
D-PA	Susan Wild		Apr 3, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Apr 6, 2023
R-FL	Bill Posey		Apr 6, 2023
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 6, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 6, 2023
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Apr 6, 2023
R-OH	Mike Carey		Apr 6, 2023
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Apr 6, 2023
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Apr 6, 2023
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 13, 2023
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Apr 13, 2023
R-FL	Anna Paulina Luna		Apr 13, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Apr 13, 2023
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Apr 13, 2023
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 13, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Apr 13, 2023
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Apr 13, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 13, 2023
D-IL	Nikki Budzinski		Apr 13, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Apr 13, 2023
D-NV	Susie Lee		Apr 13, 2023
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Apr 13, 2023
D-CO	Yadira Caraveo		Apr 13, 2023
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Apr 17, 2023
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Apr 17, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Apr 17, 2023
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis		Apr 17, 2023
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Apr 19, 2023
D-CA	Mike Levin		Apr 19, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Apr 20, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten		Apr 20, 2023
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Apr 24, 2023
D-CO	Brittany Pettersen		Apr 24, 2023
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Apr 24, 2023
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Apr 25, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Apr 25, 2023
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Apr 25, 2023
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Apr 25, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan		Apr 26, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Apr 27, 2023
R-NY	Brandon Williams		May 2, 2023
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		May 2, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		May 2, 2023
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 5, 2023
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		May 5, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		May 5, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		May 5, 2023
D-CA	Josh Harder		May 5, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 5, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel		May 5, 2023
D-GA	Lucy McBath		May 5, 2023
R-SC	Nancy Mace		May 5, 2023
D-NY	Patrick Ryan		May 5, 2023
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 5, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		May 9, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 9, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		May 9, 2023
D-CA	Jared Huffman		May 9, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		May 9, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams		May 9, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 9, 2023
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		May 9, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 9, 2023
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		May 10, 2023
D-FL	Jared Moskowitz		May 10, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda		May 10, 2023
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		May 10, 2023
D-WA	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez		May 10, 2023
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		May 10, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		May 10, 2023
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		May 11, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		May 11, 2023
D-MN	Angie Craig		May 15, 2023
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 15, 2023
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 15, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow		May 15, 2023
D-NC	Jeff Jackson		May 15, 2023
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		May 15, 2023
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		May 15, 2023
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 17, 2023
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 17, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		May 17, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		May 17, 2023
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		May 17, 2023
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		May 17, 2023
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 17, 2023
D-NY	Grace Meng		May 18, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 18, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		May 18, 2023
D-NY	Daniel S. Goldman		May 22, 2023
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		May 22, 2023
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		May 22, 2023
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		May 22, 2023
R-NY	Michael Lawler		May 22, 2023
D-RI	Seth Magaziner		May 22, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton		May 22, 2023
R-CA	Young Kim		May 22, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		May 23, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		May 24, 2023
R-CA	Kevin Kiley		May 30, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko		May 30, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Jun 6, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 7, 2023
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 7, 2023
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jun 9, 2023
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jun 9, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jun 9, 2023
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jun 12, 2023
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 12, 2023
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jun 12, 2023
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 12, 2023
D-OR	Val T. Hoyle		Jun 12, 2023
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jun 14, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jun 14, 2023
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 20, 2023
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 22, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jun 27, 2023
D-PA	Summer L. Lee		Jun 27, 2023
D-IL	Eric Sorensen		Jun 30, 2023
D-MI	Shri Thanedar		Jun 30, 2023
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jul 6, 2023
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jul 12, 2023
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Jul 13, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint		Jul 25, 2023
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jul 25, 2023
D-NC	Wiley Nickel		Aug 8, 2023
R-AZ	Juan Ciscomani		Aug 22, 2023
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove		Aug 22, 2023
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Sep 5, 2023
R-NY	Nick LaLota		Sep 5, 2023
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Sep 8, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Sep 8, 2023
D-IL	Jonathan L. Jackson		Sep 13, 2023
D-PA	Christopher R. Deluzio		Oct 6, 2023
D-IL	Delia C. Ramirez		Oct 6, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Oct 6, 2023
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Oct 6, 2023
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Oct 6, 2023
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Oct 6, 2023
D-OR	Andrea Salinas		Oct 10, 2023
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Oct 10, 2023
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 10, 2023
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Oct 10, 2023
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Oct 10, 2023
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Oct 10, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Oct 11, 2023
R-NY	Anthony D'Esposito		Oct 12, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Oct 12, 2023
D-NM	Gabe Vasquez		Oct 12, 2023
D-FL	Maxwell Frost		Oct 13, 2023
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Oct 13, 2023
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Oct 13, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Oct 18, 2023
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Oct 19, 2023
D-OH	Emilia Strong Sykes		Oct 19, 2023
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Oct 19, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Oct 19, 2023
D-NC	Valerie P. Foushee		Nov 6, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Nov 8, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Nov 8, 2023
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Nov 8, 2023
D-CA	Robert Garcia		Nov 8, 2023
R-GA	Richard McCormick		Nov 9, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar		Nov 13, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Nov 13, 2023
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls		Nov 13, 2023
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Nov 13, 2023
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Nov 14, 2023
D-TX	Al Green		Nov 15, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter		Nov 15, 2023
D-MA	William R. Keating		Nov 15, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 28, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Nov 28, 2023
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Nov 28, 2023
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Nov 29, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Nov 29, 2023
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Nov 30, 2023
D-MD	Glenn Ivey		Nov 30, 2023
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Nov 30, 2023
R-FL	Laurel M. Lee		Dec 4, 2023
D-OH	Greg Landsman		Dec 6, 2023
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Dec 7, 2023
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Dec 11, 2023
D-RI	Gabe Amo		Dec 12, 2023
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Dec 13, 2023
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Dec 13, 2023
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Dec 19, 2023
D-MO	Cori Bush		Dec 22, 2023
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Dec 22, 2023
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Jan 3, 2024
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		May 22, 2024
D-NY	Timothy M. Kennedy		Jul 9, 2024
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Aug 16, 2024
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Aug 20, 2024
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Sep 6, 2024
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 16, 2024
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 24, 2024
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Oct 4, 2024
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Nov 12, 2024
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett		Dec 10, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 17, 2023
	Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee	Referred Apr 19, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 19, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Animal Protection

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 50, March 17, 2023, page H1295.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-18	MEMBER DAY1,004 pages	Agriculture Committee	Dec 6, 2023

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2840	Puppy Protection Act of 2021	Reintroduction of	Jun 21, 2021
S 5072	Puppy Protection Act of 2024	Related bill	Sep 17, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the humane treatment of dogs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Puppy Protection Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

Animals

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 17, 2023Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.