Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 211
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Apr 30, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 5, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 6, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | May 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 6, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | May 6, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | May 8, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | May 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 14, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | May 29, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | May 29, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Jun 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jun 27, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Dec 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 19, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 12, 2026 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Apr 13, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Sep 10, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Oct 29, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Nov 9, 2026 |
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 Apr 30, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2025Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 72, April 30, 2025, page H1776.
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. 119-17 | MEMBER DAY513 pages | Agriculture Committee | Dec 10, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1538 | Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Apr 30, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
- Better Collaboration, Accountability, and Regulatory Enforcement for Animals Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 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.
