FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 3, 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.
- IntroducedJun 3, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2025 to Jun 9, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Jun 3, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Nov 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 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 | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 3, 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. 94, June 3, 2025, page H2419.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 3, 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.
