Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to one or more standing committees for review, hearings, and possible markup.
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The committee may hold hearings, amend the bill, or let it die without action.
Next: Reported
Full chamber floor — Speaker / Majority Leader controls scheduling
Bill to improve animal welfare standards and care requirements across federal regulations.
The problem
Current animal welfare laws may have gaps or inconsistencies in how animals are treated and cared for in various settings including agriculture, research, and transport.
The proposal
Updates federal rules to strengthen animal care standards, improve oversight, and establish better welfare requirements for animals in regulated industries and facilities.
The impact
Affects farmers, researchers, pet owners, animal facilities, and companies handling animals. May increase compliance costs while improving animal treatment standards.
Strengthens protections for animals in agriculture, research, and other settings. Establishes clearer standards for how animals must be treated. May reduce animal suffering across industries.
Gives companies and farms clear guidelines about animal care requirements. Reduces confusion about what regulations they must follow. Helps create level playing field for compliant businesses.
Better animal welfare can reduce disease spread in animals. Improved conditions may lower risks of problems jumping from animals to humans. Supports cleaner, safer food production.
Improves oversight and accountability for animal treatment. Gives authorities better tools to investigate violations. May deter illegal or abusive animal practices.
Farms and facilities may need to spend money upgrading facilities to meet new standards. Animal agriculture businesses could face increased operating expenses. Costs might be passed to consumers through higher prices.
Smaller farms and operations may struggle to meet new requirements. Paperwork and reporting demands could be challenging for less-resourced facilities. May hurt small businesses more than large ones.
Stricter animal welfare rules could limit certain types of medical or scientific research. May slow development of new treatments and medicines. Could increase costs for pharmaceutical and research industries.
Bill summary lacks specifics about what exact changes are required. Without full text details, costs and impacts are hard to predict. Rules might be interpreted differently by different agencies.
Generated by AI from the bill text. Not a prediction and not legal or policy advice. The percentage is the model's own rating of each item — self-reported, and not a measure of how accurate it is.
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Where their individual donors work · 2026 cycle
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Senate LDA lobbying disclosures
ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
via HANKA ADVISOR LLC
…SA Amendments Act of 2025, provisions related to captive bred animals H.R. 3112 / S. 1538, Better Care for Animals Act, all provisions H.R. 3199 / S. 1594, Captive Primate Safety Act, all provisions HR 10774, SWIMS Act,…
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