Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
This bill establishes a new section in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice to enforce federal laws concerning animal cruelty.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 21, 2025 |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | May 8, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | May 8, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 7, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Sep 2, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 21, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 21, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 35, February 21, 2025, page H730.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1016 | Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2021 | Cross-Congress related bill | Apr 23, 2021 |
| HR 8923 | Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2024 | Cross-Congress related bill | Jul 2, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Justice
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Intergovernmental relations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
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.
