HR 4241 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2023

Introduced Jun 21, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Steve Cohen D-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 21, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2023

This bill prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle that contains two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Vehicles operated exclusively on a rail or rails are excluded from the prohibition.

The bill prescribes civil penalties for knowing violations of such prohibition.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2023 to Jun 3, 2024; 67 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJun 21, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-TXColin Z. AllredOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJun 21, 2023
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJun 21, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAJosh HarderOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-GALucy McBathOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ILSean CastenOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CATed LieuOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJun 21, 2023
D-COJason CrowJun 30, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJun 30, 2023
D-CASara JacobsJun 30, 2023
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenJul 25, 2023
D-COJoe NeguseJul 25, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaJul 26, 2023
D-CAZoe LofgrenAug 25, 2023
D-KSSharice DavidsSep 12, 2023
D-CAKatie PorterFeb 23, 2024
D-NYThomas R. SuozziJun 3, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2023
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Referred Jun 23, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
  2. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 21, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Transporting Horses

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 108, June 21, 2023, page H3072.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R49325The Horse Protection Act: Background and Considerations for CongressReportAug 31, 2026

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Horse Protection Act, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House

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