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S. 2555, H.R. 5041: The Better CARE for Animals Act of 2023 – This bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, enhancing collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Department of Agriculture and enabling the DOJ to enforce the Animal Welfare Act more effectively.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Aguilar, Pete (California, District 33)
- Allred, Colin Z. (Texas, District 32)
- Amo, Gabe (Rhode Island, District 1)
- Auchincloss, Jake (Massachusetts, District 4)
- Balint, Becca (Vermont, At Large)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Beatty, Joyce (Ohio, District 3)
- Bera, Ami (California, District 6)
- Beyer, Jr., Donald S. (Virginia, District 8) [Sponsor]
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Blumenauer, Earl (Oregon, District 3)
- Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Delaware, At Large)
- Bonamici, Suzanne (Oregon, District 1)
- Boyle, Brendan F. (Pennsylvania, District 2)
- Brownley, Julia (California, District 26)
- Buchanon, Vern (Florida, District 16)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Bush, Cori (Missouri, District 1)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Carbajal, Salud O. (California, District 24)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carey, Mike (Ohio, District 15)
- Carson, Andre (Indiana, District 7)
- Carter, Troy A. (Louisiana, District 2)
- Cartwright, Matt (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Casten, Sean (Illinois, District 6)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Castro, Joaquin (Texas, District 20)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (Florida, District 20)
- Chu, Judy (California, District 28)
- Ciscomani, Juan (Arizona, District 6)
- Clarke, Yvette (New York, District 9)
- Cleaver, Emanuel (Missouri, District 5)
- Cohen, Steve (Tennessee, District 9)
- Connolly, Gerald E. (Virginia, District 11)
- Correa, J. Luis (California, District 46)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Courtney, Joe (Connecticut, District 2)
- Crow, Jason (Colorado, District 6)
- D’Esposito, Anthony (New York, District 4)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Danny K. (Illinois, District 7)
- Dean, Madeleine (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- DeGette, Diana (Colorado, District 1)
- DelBene, Suzan (Washington, District 1)
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- DeSaulnier, Mark (California, District 10)
- Dingell, Debbie (Michigan, District 6)
- Doggett, Lloyd (Texas, District 37)
- Escobar, Veronica (Texas, District 16)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Espaillat, Adriano (New York, District 13)
- Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (Texas, District 7)
- Foster, Bill (Illinois, District 11)
- Foushee, Valerie P. (North Carolina, District 4)
- Frankel, Lois (Florida, District 22)
- Frost, Maxwell (Florida, District 10)
- Gallego, Ruben (Arizona, District 3)
- Garamendi, John (California, District 8)
- Garbarino, Andrew R. (New York, District 2)
- Garcia, Jesus G. “Chuy” (Illinois, District 4)
- Garcia, Mike (California, District 27)
- Garcia, Robert (California, District 42)
- Garcia, Sylvia R. (Texas, District 29)
- Goldman, Daniel S. (New York, District 10)
- Gomez, Jimmy (California, District 34)
- Gonzalez, Vicente (Texas, District 34)
- Gottheimer, Josh (New Jersey, District 5)
- Green, Al (Texas, District 9)
- Grijalva, Raul M. (Arizona, District 7)
- Harder, Josh (California, District 9)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Himes, James A. (Connecticut, District 4)
- Horsford, Steven (Nevada, District 4)
- Hoyer, Steny H. (Maryland, District 5)
- Hoyle, Val (Oregon, District 4)
- Huffman, Jared (California, District 2)
- Ivey, Glenn (Maryland, District 4)
- Jackson, Jeff (North Carolina, District 14)
- Jackson, Jonathan L. (Illinois, District 1)
- Jackson Lee, Sheila (Texas, District 18)
- Jayapal, Pramila (Washington, District 7)
- Johnson, Jr., Henry C. “Hank (Georgia, District 4)
- Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (California, District 37)
- Kaptur, Marcy D. (Ohio, District 9)
- Keating, William R. (Massachusetts, District 9)
- Kelly, Robin L. (Illinois, District 2)
- Kennedy, Timothy (New York, District 26)
- Khanna, Ro (California, District 17)
- Kiggans, Jennifer A. (Virginia, District 2)
- Kildee, Daniel T. (Michigan, District 8)
- Kilmer, Derek (Washington, District 6)
- Kim, Andy (New Jersey, District 3)
- Kim, Young (California, District 40)
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja (Illinois, District 8)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Jacobs, Sara (California, District 51)
- LaLota, Nick (New York, District 1)
- Landsman, Greg (Ohio, District 1)
- Larsen, Rick (Washington, District 2)
- Larson, John B. (Connecticut, District 1)
- Lawler, Michael (New York, District 17)
- Lee, Barbara (California, District 12)
- Lee, Laurel M. (Florida, District 15)
- Lee, Summer L. (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Lee, Susie (Nevada, District 3)
- Leger Fernandez, Teresa (New Mexico, District 3)
- Levin, Mike (California, District 49)
- Lieu, Ted (California, District 36)
- Lofgren, Zoe (California, District 18)
- Lynch, Stephen F. (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- Magaziner, Seth (Rhode Island, District 2)
- Malliotakis, Nicole (New York, District 11)
- Manning, Kathy E. (North Carolina, District 6)
- Matsui, Doris O. (California, District 7)
- McBath, Lucy (Georgia, District 7)
- McClellan, Jennifer L. (Virginia, District 4)
- McCollum, Betty (Minnesota, District 4)
- McGarvey, Morgan (Kentucky, District 3)
- Meeks, Gregory W. (New York, District 5)
- Menendez, Robert (New Jersey, District 8)
- Meuser, Daniel (Pennsylvania, District 9)
- Mfume, Kweisi (Maryland, District 7)
- Moskowitz, Jared (Florida, District 23)
- Mrvan, Frank J. (Indiana, District 1)
- Mullin, Kevin (California, District 15)
- Nadler, Jerrold (New York, District 12)
- Norcross, Donald (New Jersey, District 1)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D.C., At Large)
- Moore, Gwen (Wisconsin, District 4)
- Morelle, Joseph D. (New York, District 25))
- Napolitano, Grace F. (California, District 31)
- Neal, Richard E. (Massachusetts, District 1)
- Neguse, Joe (Colorado, District 2)
- Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (New York, District 14)
- Omar, Ilhan (Minnesota, District 5)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Pascrell, Jr.,Bill (New Jersey, District 9)
- Payne, Jr., Donald M. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie (Washington, District 3)
- Pappas, Chris (New Hampshire, District 1)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Pettersen, Brittany (Colorado, District 7)
- Phillips, Dean (Minnesota, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Pocan, Mark (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Porter, Katie (California, District 47)
- Pressley, Ayanna (Massachusetts, District 7)
- Quigley, Mike (Illinois, District 5)
- Ramirez, Delia C. (Illinois, District 3)
- Raskin, Jamie (Maryland, District 8)
- Reschenthaler, Guy (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Ross, Deborah K. (North Carolina, District 2)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (Maryland, District 2)
- Ryan, Patrick (New York, District 18)
- Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho (Northern Mariana Islands, At Large)
- Salazar, Maria Elvira (Florida, District 27)
- Salinas, Andrea (Oregon, District 6)
- Sanchez, Linda T. (California, District 38)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Scanlon, Mary Gay (Pennsylvania, District 5)
- Schakowsky, Janice D. (Illinois, District 9)
- Schiff, Adam B. (California, District 30)
- Schneider, Bradley Scott (Illinois, District 10)
- Scholten, Hillary J. (Michigan, District 3)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Schweikert, David (Arizona, District 1)
- Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” (Virginia, District 3)
- Sherman, Brad (California, District 32)
- Sherrill, Mikie (New Jersey, District 11)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Smith, Christopher H. (New Jersey, District 4)
- Sorensen, Eric (Illinois, District 17)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. (New Mexico, District 1)
- Stanton, Greg (Arizona, District 4)
- Stevens, Haley M. (Michigan, District 11)
- Strickland, Maryland (Washington, District 10)
- Suozzi, Thomas R. (New York, District 3)
- Swalwell, Eric (California, District 14)
- Sykes, Emilia Strong (Ohio, District 13)
- Takano, Mark (California, District 39)
- Thanedar, Shri (Michigan, District 13)
- Thompson, Bennie G. (Mississippi, District 2)
- Thompson, Mike (California, District 4)
- Tlaib, Rashida (Michigan, District 12)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Tonko, Paul (New York, District 20)
- Torres, Norma J. (California, District 35)
- Torres, Ritchie (New York, District 15)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Trone, David J. (Maryland, District 6)
- Turner, Michael (Ohio, District 10)
- Underwood, Lauren (Illinois, District 14)
- Valadao, David (California, District 22)
- Van Drew, Jefferson (New Jersey, District 2)
- Vargas, Juan (California, District 52)
- Vasquez, Gabe (New Mexico, District 2)
- Velazquez, Nydia M. (New York, District 7)
- Waltz, Michael (Florida, District 6)
- Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (Florida, District 25)
- Watson Coleman, Bonnie (New Jersey, District 12)
- Wexton, Jennifer (Virginia, District 10)
- Wild, Susan (Pennsylvania, District 7)
- Williams, Brandon (New York, District 22)
- Williams, Nikema (Georgia, District 5)
- Wilson, Frederica S. (Florida, District 24)
- Senators:
- Bennet, Michael F. (Colorado)
- Blumenthal, Richard (Connecticut) [Sponsor]
- Booker, Cory A. (New Jersey)
- Brown, Sherrod (Ohio)
- Butler, Laphonza R. (California)
- Cantwell, Maria (Washington)
- Cardin, Benjamin L. (Maryland)
- Casey, Robert P. Jr. (Pennsylvania)
- Collins, Susan (Maine)
- Coons, Christopher A. (Delaware)
- Cortez Masto, Catherine (Nevada)
- Duckworth, Tammy (Illinois)
- Durbin, Richard J. (Illinois)
- Fetterman, John (Pennsylvania)
- Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (New York)
- Hassan, Margaret Wood (New Hampshire)
- Hickenlooper, John (Colorado)
- Hirono, Mazie K. (Hawaii)
- Kaine, Tim (Virginia)
- Kennedy, John (Louisiana)
- Klobuchar, Amy (Minnesota)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Merkley, Jeff (Oregon)
- Murphy, Christopher (Connecticut)
- Murray, Patty (Washington)
- Ossoff, Jon (Georgia)
- Padilla, Alex (California)
- Peters, Gary (Michigan)
- Reed, Jack (Rhode Island)
- Rosen, Jacky (Nevada)
- Sanders, Bernard (Vermont)
- Schatz, Brian (Hawaii)
- Shaheen, Jeanne (New Hampshire)
- Smith, Tina (Minnesota)
- Van Hollen, Chris (Maryland)
- Warner, Mark R. (Virginia)
- Welch, Peter (Vermont)
- Whitehouse, Sheldon (Rhode Island)
Status:
- 7/27/23: Introduced in the House and the Senate.
- House: Read twice and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Bost, Mike (Illinois, District 12)
- Brown, Shontel M. (Ohio, District 11)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Carbajal, Salud O. (California, District 24)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (Oregon, District 5)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” (Arkansas, District 1)
- Crockett, Jasmine (Texas, District 30)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- De La Cruz, Monica (Texas, District 15)
- Duarte, John S. (California, District 13)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Finstad, Brad (Minnesota, District 1)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Jonathan L. (Illinois, District 1)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Johnson, Dusty (South Dakota, At Large)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- LaMalfa, Doug (California, District 1)
- Langworthy, Nicholas A. (New York, District 23)
- Lucas, Frank D. (Oklahoma, District 3)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- McGovern, James P. (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Miller, Mary E. (Illinois, District 15)
- Miller, Max L. (Ohio, District 7)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Nunn, Zachary (Iowa, District 3)
- Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie (Washington, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Rose, John W. (Tennessee, District 6)
- Rouzer, David (North Carolina, District 7)
- Salinas, Andrea (Oregon, District 6)
- Scott, Austin (Georgia, District 8)
- Scott, David (Georgia, District 13)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Sorensen, Eric (Illinois, District 17)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Thompson, Glenn “GT” (Pennsylvania, District 15)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
- Vasquez, Gabe (New Mexico, District 2)
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Senate: Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry.
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry members:
- Bennet, Michael (Colorado)
- Booker, Cory A. (New Jersey)
- Boozman, John (Arkansas) [Ranking Member]
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Brown, Sherrod (Ohio)
- Durbin, Richard J. (Illinois)
- Ernst, Joni (Iowa)
- Fetterman, John (Pennsylvania)
- Fischer, Deb (Nebraska)
- Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (New York)
- Grassley, Charles (Iowa)
- Hoeven, John (North Dakota)
- Hyde-Smith, Cindy (Mississippi)
- Klobuchar, Amy (Minnesota)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Marshall, Roger (Kansas)
- McConnell, Mitch (Kentucky)
- Smith, Tina (Minnesota)
- Stabenow, Debbie (Michigan)
- Thune, John (South Dakota)
- Tuberville, Tommy (Alabama)
- Warnock, Raphael (Georgia)
- Welch, Peter (Vermont)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry members:
- House: Read twice and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 9/19/23: House – Referred to the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
H.R. 9571: The Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition (CARE) Act – This bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that the existing standards set under federal law for the humane care, treatment, and exhibition of warm-blooded animals are extended to cover additional warm blooded ]sic] and cold-blooded animals.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- McCollum, Betty (Minnesota, District 4)
Status:
- 9/12/24: Introduced in the House; referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Bost, Mike (Illinois, District 12)
- Brown, Shontel M. (Ohio, District 11)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Carbajal, Salud O. (California, District 24)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (Oregon, District 5)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” (Arkansas, District 1)
- Crockett, Jasmine (Texas, District 30)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- De La Cruz, Monica (Texas, District 15)
- Duarte, John S. (California, District 13)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Finstad, Brad (Minnesota, District 1)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Jonathan L. (Illinois, District 1)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Johnson, Dusty (South Dakota, At Large)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- LaMalfa, Doug (California, District 1)
- Langworthy, Nicholas A. (New York, District 23)
- Lucas, Frank D. (Oklahoma, District 3)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- McGovern, James P. (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Miller, Mary E. (Illinois, District 15)
- Miller, Max L. (Ohio, District 7)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Nunn, Zachary (Iowa, District 3)
- Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie (Washington, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Rose, John W. (Tennessee, District 6)
- Rouzer, David (North Carolina, District 7)
- Salinas, Andrea (Oregon, District 6)
- Scott, Austin (Georgia, District 8)
- Scott, David (Georgia, District 13)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Sorensen, Eric (Illinois, District 17)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Thompson, Glenn “GT” (Pennsylvania, District 15)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
- Vasquez, Gabe (New Mexico, District 2)
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- 10/2/24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry members:
- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry members:
H.R. 4757: The Cease Animal Research Grants Oversees (CARGO) Act – This bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the NIH from awarding any support for an activity or program that uses live animals in research unless the research occurs in the U.S.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- Dean, Madeleine (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- Escobar, Veronica (Texas, District 16)
- Evans, Dwight (Pennsylvania, District 3)
- Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Gooden, Lance (Texas, District 5)
- Kiggans, Jennifer A. (Virginia, District 2)
- Kim, Young (California, District 40)
- Lofgren, Zoe (California, District 18)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- Malliotakis, Nicole (New York, District 11)
- Mast, Brian J. (Florida, District 21)
- Neguse, Joe (Colorado, District 2)
- Nehls, Troy E. (Texas, District 22)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D.C., At Large)
- Nunn, Zachary (Iowa, District 3)
- Phillips, Dean (Minnesota, District 3)
- Posey, Bill (Florida, District 8)
- Reschenthaler, Guy (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Steube, W. Gregory (Florida, District 17)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Wild, Susan (Pennsylvania, District 7)
Status:
7/19/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Allen, Rick (Georgia, District 12)
- Armstrong, Kelly (North Dakota, At Large)
- Balderson, Troy (Ohio, District 12)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Clarke, Yvette (New York, District 9)
- Curtis, John (Utah, District 3)
- DeGette, Diana (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Duncan, Jeff (South Carolina, District 3)
- Dunn, Neal (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (Texas, District 7)
- Fulcher, Ross (Idaho, District 1)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Hudson, Richard (North Carolina, District 9)
- Johnson, Bill (Ohio, District 6)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Lesko, Debbie (Arizona, District 8)
- Matsui, Doris (California, District 7)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Palmer, Gary (Alabama, District 6)
- Pence, Greg (Indiana, District 6)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Pfluger, August (Texas, District 11)
- Rochester, Lisa Blunt (Delaware, At Large)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schakowsky, Jan (Illinois, District 9)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Tonko, Paul (New York, District 20)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Veasey, Marc (Texas, District 33)
- Walberg, Tim (Michigan, District 5)
- Weber, Randy (Texas, District 14)
7/21/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Delaware, At Large)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Dunn, Neal (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Johnson, Bill (Ohio, District 6)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
S. 778, H.R. 2968: The Cost Openness and Spending Transparency (COST) Act – This bill would require the disclosure of information relating to the cost of programs, projects, or activities carried out using federal funds (including the total cost to taxpayers for every project supported with federal funds).
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Gosar, Paul A. (Arizona, District 9)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- McClain, Lisa C. (Michigan, District 9)
- Norman, Ralph (South Carolina, District 5)
- Nunn, Zachary (Iowa, District 3)
- Santos, George (New York, District 3)
- Timmons, William (South Carolina, District 4)
- Senators:
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Ernst, Joni (Iowa)
- Scott, Rick (Florida)
Status:
3/14/23: Senate – Introduced in the Senate; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members:
- Blumenthal, Richard (Connecticut)
- Carper, Thomas R. (Delaware)
- Hassan, Margaret (New Hampshire)
- Hawley, Josh (Missouri)
- Johnson, Ron (Wisconsin)
- Lankford, James (Oklahoma)
- Marshall, Roger (Kansas)
- Ossoff, Jon (Georgia)
- Padilla, Alex (California)
- Paul, Rand (Kentucky) [Ranking Member]
- Peters, Gary (Michigan) [Chairman]
- Romney, Mitt (Utah)
- Rosen, Jacky (Nevada)
- Scott, Rick (Florida)
- Sinema, Kyrsten (Arizona)
4/27/23: House – Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability.
- House Committee on Oversight & Accountability members:
- Biggs, Andy (Arizona, District 5)
- Boebert, Lauren (Colorado, District 3)
- Brown, Shontel M. (Ohio, District 11)
- Burchett, Tim (Tennessee, District 2)
- Burlison, Eric (Missouri, District 7)
- Bush, Cori (Missouri, District 1)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Cloud, Michael (Texas, District 27)
- Comer, James (Kentucky, District 1) [Chair]
- Connolly, Gerald E. (Virginia, District 11)
- Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (New York, District 14)
- Crockett, Jasmine (Texas, District 30)
- Donalds, Byron (Florida, District 19)
- Fallon, Pat (Texas, District 4)
- Foxx, Virginia (North Carolina, District 5)
- Frost, Maxwell (Florida, District 10)t
- Fry, Russell (South Carolina, District 106)
- Garcia, Robert (California, District 42)
- Goldman, Daniel S. (New York, District 10)
- Gosar, Paul A. (Arizona, District 9)
- Grothman, Glenn (Wisconsin, District 6)
- Higgins, Clay (Louisiana, District 3)
- Jordan, Jim (Ohio, District 4)
- Khanna, Ro (California, District 17)
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja (Illinois, District 8)
- Langworthy, Nicholas A. (New York, District 23)
- Laturner, Jake (Kansas, District 2)
- Lee, Summer L. (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Lynch, Stephen F. (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Luna, Anna Paulina (Florida, District 13)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- McClain, Lisa C. (Michigan, District 9)
- Mfume, Kweisi (Maryland, District 7)
- Moskowitz, Jared (Florida, District 23)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC, At Large)
- Palmer, Greg (Alabama, District 6)
- Perry, Scott (Pennsylvania, District 10)
- Porter, Katie (California, District 47)
- Raskin, Jamie (Maryland, District 8)
- Sessions, Pete (Texas, District 17)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. (New Mexico, District 1)
- Taylor Greene, Marjorie (Georgia, District 14)
- Timmons, William (South Carolina, District 4)
- Tlaib, Rashida (Michigan, District 12)
- Turner, Mike (Ohio 10)
- Waltz, Michael (Florida, District 6)
S. 5046, H.R. 7248: The FDA Modernization Act 3.0 – This bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a process for the qualification of nonclinical testing methods to reduce and replace the use of animals in nonclinical research, improve the predictivity of nonclinical testing methods, and reduce development time for a biological product or other drug, and for other purposes.
Sponsors:
- Representatives
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Buchanon, Vern (Florida, District 16)
- Burchett, Tim (Tennessee, District 2)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carey, Mike (Ohio, District 15)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Carter, Troy (Louisiana, District 2)
- Chu, Judy (California, District 28)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Crow, Jason (Colorado, District 6)
- D’Esposito, Anthony (New York, District 4)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (Connecticut, District 3)
- Fitzgerald, Scott (Wisconsin, District 5)
- Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Frankel, Lois (Florida, District 22)
- Garcia, Jesus G. “Chuy” (Illinois, District 4)
- Gooden, Lance (Texas, District 5)
- Goldman, Daniel S. (New York, District 10)
- Gottheimer, Josh (New Jersey, District 5)
- Harder, Josh (California, District 9)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Lawler, Michael (New York, District 17)
- Lee, Susie (Nevada, District 3)
- Lofgren, Zoe (California, District 18)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- Mullin, Kevin (California, District 15)
- Neguse, Joe (Colorado, District 2)
- Nehls, Troy E. (Texas, District 22)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D.C., At Large)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pettersen, Brittany (Colorado, District 7)
- Ross, Deborah K. (North Carolina, District 2)
- Scholten, Hillary J. (Michigan, District 3)
- Smith, Christopher H. (New Jersey, District 4)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
- Tlaib, Rashida (Michigan, District 12)
- Valadao, David G. (California, District 22)
- Waltz, Michael (Florida, District 6)
- Senators:
- Booker, Cory (New Jersey)
- Blumenthal, Richard (Connecticut)
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Kennedy, John Neely (Louisiana)
- King, Angus (Maine)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Paul, Rand (Kentucky)
- Schmitt, Eric (Missouri)
Status:
2/6/24: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Allen, Rick (Georgia, District 12)
- Armstrong, Kelly (North Dakota, At Large)
- Balderson, Troy (Ohio, District 12)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Clarke, Yvette (New York, District 9)
- Curtis, John (Utah, District 3)
- DeGette, Diana (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Duncan, Jeff (South Carolina, District 3)
- Dunn, Neal, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (Texas, District 7)
- Fulcher, Ross (Idaho, District 1)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Hudson, Richard (North Carolina, District 9)
- Johnson, Bill (Ohio, District 6)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Lesko, Debbie (Arizona, District 8)
- Matsui, Doris (California, District 7)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Palmer, Gary (Alabama, District 6)
- Pence, Greg (Indiana, District 6)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Pfluger, August (Texas, District 11)
- Rochester, Lisa Blunt (Delaware, At Large)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schakowsky, Jan (Illinois, District 9)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Tonko, Paul (New York, District 20)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Veasey, Marc (Texas, District 33)
- Walberg, Tim (Michigan, District 5)
- Weber, Randy (Texas, District 14)
2/9/24: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Delaware, At Large)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Dunn, Neal (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Hudson, Richard (North Carolina, District 9)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Pence, Greg (Indiana, District 6)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
9/12/24: Introduced in Senate; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pension members:
- Baldwin, Tammy (Wisconsin)
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Budd, Ted (North Carolina)
- Casey, Jr., Robert P. (Pennsylvania)
- Collins, Susan (Maine)
- Cassidy, Bill (Louisiana)
- Kaine, Tim (Virginia)
- Hassan, Maggie (New Hampshire)
- Hickenlooper, John (Colorado)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Markley, Ed (Massachusetts)
- Marshall, Roger (Kansas)
- Murkowski, Lisa (Arkansas)
- Mullin, Markwayne (Oklahoma)
- Murphy, Christopher (Connecticut)
- Murray, Patty (Washington)
- Paul, Rand (Kentucky)
- Romney, Mitt (Utah)
- Sanders, Bernie (Vermont)
- Smith, Tina (Minnesota)
- Tuberville, Tommy (Alabama)
H.R. 5399: The Humane Cosmetics Act of 2023 – This ban would substantially restrict the use of animal testing for cosmetics.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Aguilar, Pete (California, District 33)
- Allred, Colin Z. (Texas, District 32)
- Amo, Gabe (Rhode Island, District 1)
- Auchincloss, Jake (Massachusetts, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Balint, Becca (Vermont, At Large)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Beatty, Joyce (Ohio, District 3)
- Bera, Ami (California, District 6)
- Beyer, Jr., Donald S. (Virginia, District 8) [Sponsor]
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Blumenauer, Earl (Oregon, District 3)
- Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Delaware, At Large)
- Bonamici, Suzanne (Oregon, District 1)
- Boyle, Brendan F. (Pennsylvania, District 2)
- Brown, Shontel M. (Ohio, District 11)
- Brownley, Julia (California, District 26)
- Buchanon, Vern (Florida, District 16)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Bush, Cori (Missouri, District 1)
- Calvert, Ken (California, District 41)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Carbajal, Salud O. (California, District 24)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carson, Andre (Indiana, District 7)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Carter, Troy A. (Louisiana, District 2)
- Cartwright, Matt (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Casten, Sean (Illinois, District 6)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Castro, Joaquin (Texas, District 20)
- Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (Oregon, District 5)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (Florida, District 20)
- Chu, Judy (California, District 28)
- Ciscomani, Juan (Arizona, District 6)
- Clarke, Yvette (New York, District 9)
- Cleaver, Emanuel (Missouri, District 5)
- Cohen, Steve (Tennessee, District 9)
- Connolly, Gerald E. (Virginia, District 11)
- Correa, J. Luis (California, District 46)
- Courtney, Joe (Connecticut, District 2)
- Crow, Jason (Colorado, District 6)
- D’Esposito, Anthony (New York, District 4)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Danny K. (Illinois, District 7)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- Dean, Madeleine (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- DeGette, Diana (Colorado, District 1)
- DeLauro, Rosa L. (Connecticut, District 3)
- DelBene, Suzan (Washington, District 1)
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- DeSaulnier, Mark (California, District 10)
- Doggett, Lloyd (Texas, District 37)
- Escobar, Veronica (Texas, District 16)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Espaillat, Adriano (New York, District 13)
- Evans, Dwight (Pennsylvania, District 3)
- Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (Texas, District 7)
- Foster, Bill (Illinois, District 11)
- Foushee, Valerie P. (North Carolina, District 4)
- Frankel, Lois (Florida, District 22)
- Frost, Maxwell (Florida, District 10)
- Gallego, Ruben (Arizona, District 3)
- Garamendi, John (California, District 8)
- Garcia, Jesus G. “Chuy” (Illinois, District 4)
- Garcia, Mike (California, District 27)
- Garcia, Robert (California, District 42)
- Garcia, Sylvia R. (Texas, District 29)
- Gimenez, Carlos A. (Florida, District 28)
- Goldman, Daniel S. (New York, District 10)
- Gomez, Jimmy (California, District 34)
- Gonzalez, Vicente (Texas, District 34)
- Gottheimer, Josh (New Jersey, District 5)
- Green, Al (Texas, District 9)
- Grijalva, Raul M. (Arizona, District 7)
- Harder, Josh (California, District 9)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Higgins, Brian (New York, District 26)
- Himes, James A. (Connecticut, District 4)
- Houlahan, Chrissy (Pennsylvania, District 6)
- Hoyer, Steny H. (Maryland, District 5)
- Hoyle, Val (Oregon, District 4)
- Huffman, Jared (California, District 2)
- Ivey, Glenn (Maryland, District 4)
- Jackson, Jeff (North Carolina, District 14)
- Jackson, Jonathan L. (Illinois, District 1)
- Jackson Lee, Sheila (Texas, District 18)
- Jacobs, Sara (California, District 51)
- Jayapal, Pramila (Washington, District 7)
- Johnson, Jr., Henry C. “Hank (Georgia, District 4)
- Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (California, District 37)
- Kaptur, Marcy (Ohio, District 9)
- Kean, Thomas H. (New Jersey, District 7)
- Keating, William R. (Massachusetts, District 9)
- Kelly, Robin L. (Illinois, District 2)
- Kennedy, Timothy (New York, District 26)
- Khanna, Ro (California, District 17)
- Kilmer, Derek (Washington, District 6)
- Kim, Andy (New Jersey, District 3)
- Kim, Young (California, District 40)
- Krishnamoorthi, Raja (Illinois, District 8)
- LaLota, Nick (New York, District 1)
- Landsman, Greg (Ohio, District 1)
- Larsen, Rick (Washington, District 2)
- Larson, John B. (Connecticut, District 1)
- Lawler, Michael (New York, District 17)
- Leger Fernandez, Teresa (New Mexico, District 3)
- Lee, Barbara (California, District 12)
- Lee, Laurel M. (Florida, District 15)
- Lee, Summer L. (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Levin, Mike (California, District 49)
- Lieu, Ted (California, District 36)
- Lofgren, Zoe (California, District 18)
- Lynch, Stephen F. (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1)
- Magaziner, Seth (Rhode Island, District 2)
- Malliotakis, Nicole (New York, District 11)
- Matsui, Doris O. (California, District 7)
- McBath, Lucy (Georgia, District 7)
- McClellan, Jennifer L. (Virginia, District 4)
- McCollum, Betty (Minnesota, District 4)
- McGarvey, Morgan (Kentucky, District 3)
- McGovern, James P. (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Meeks, Gregory W. (New York, District 5)
- Menendez, Robert (New Jersey, District 8)
- Meng, Grace (New York, District 6)
- Meuser, Daniel (Pennsylvania, District 9)
- Mfume, Kweisi (Maryland, District 7)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Morelle, Joseph D. (New York, District 25)
- Moskowitz, Jared (Florida, District 23)
- Moulton, Seth (Massachusetts, District 6)
- Mrvan, Frank J. (Indiana, District 1)
- Mullin, Kevin (California, District 15)
- Nadler, Jerrold (New York, District 12)
- Napolitano, Grace F. (California, District 31)
- Neal, Richard E. (Massachusetts, District 1)
- Neguse, Joe (Colorado, District 2)
- Nehls, Troy E. (Texas, District 22)
- Norcross, Donald (New Jersey, District 1)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D.C., At Large)
- Hoyle, Val. T. (Oregon, District 4)
- Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (New York, District 14)
- Omar, Ilhan (Minnesota, District 5)
- Panetta, Jimmy (California, District 19)
- Pascrell, Jr.,Bill (New Jersey, District 9)
- Payne, Jr., Donald M. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie (Washington, District 3)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Pettersen, Brittany (Colorado, District 7)
- Phillips, Dean (Minnesota, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Pocan, Mark (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Porter, Katie (California, District 47)
- Posey, Bill (Florida, District 8)
- Pressley, Ayanna (Massachusetts, District 7)
- Quigley, Mike (Illinois, District 5)
- Ramirez, Delia C. (Illinois, District 3)
- Raskin, Jamie (Maryland, District 8)
- Reschenthaler, Guy (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Ross, Deborah K. (North Carolina, District 2)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch (Maryland, District 2)
- Ryan, Patrick (New York, District 18)
- Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho (Northern Mariana Islands, At Large)
- Salazar, Maria Elvira (Florida, District 27)
- Salinas, Andrea (Oregon, District 6)
- Sanchez, Linda T. (California, District 38)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Scanlon, Mary Gay (Pennsylvania, District 5)
- Schakowsky, Janice D. (Illinois, District 9)
- Schiff, Adam B. (California, District 30)
- Schneider, Bradley Scott (Illinois, District 10)
- Scholten, Hillary J. (Michigan, District 3)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Schweikert, David (Arizona, District 1)
- Scott, David (Georgia, District 13)
- Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” (Virginia, District 3)
- Sherman, Brad (California, District 32)
- Sherrill, Mikie (New Jersey, District 11)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Smith, Adam (Washington, District 9)
- Smith, Christopher H. (New Jersey, District 4)
- Smucker, Lloyd (Pennsylvania, District 11)
- Sorensen, Eric (Illinois, District 17)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Stanton, Greg (Arizona, District 4)
- Stevens, Haley M. (Michigan, District 11)
- Strickland, Maryland (Washington, District 10)
- Suozzi, Thomas R. (New York, District 3)
- Swalwell, Eric (California, District 14)
- Sykes, Emilia Strong (Ohio, District 13)
- Takano, Mark (California, District 39)
- Thanedar, Shri (Michigan, District 13)
- Thompson, Bennie G. (Mississippi, District 2)
- Thompson, Mike (California, District 4)
- Tenney, Claudia (New York, District 24)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
- Tlaib, Rashida (Michigan, District 12)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Tonko, Paul (New York, District 20)
- Torres, Ritchie (New York, District 15)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Trone, David J. (Maryland, District 6)
- Underwood, Lauren (Illinois, District 14)
- Valadao, David (California, District 22)
- Van Drew, Jefferson (New Jersey, District 2)
- Vargas, Juan (California, District 52)
- Vasquez, Gabe (New Mexico, District 2)
- Velazquez, Nydia M. (New York, District 7)
- Waltz, Michael (Florida, District 6)
- Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (Florida, District 25)
- Waters, Maxine (California, District 43)
- Watson Coleman, Bonnie (New Jersey, District 12)
- Wexton, Jennifer (Virginia, District 10)
- Wild, Susan (Pennsylvania, District 7)
- Williams, Brandon (New York, District 22)
- Williams, Nikema (Georgia, District 5)
- Wilson, Frederica S. (Florida, District 24)
Status:
9/12/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Allen, Rick (Georgia, District 12)
- Armstrong, Kelly (North Dakota, At Large)
- Balderson, Troy (Ohio, District 12)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Clarke, Yvette (New York, District 9)
- Curtis, John (Utah, District 3)
- DeGette, Diana (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Duncan, Jeff (South Carolina, District 3)
- Dunn, Neal, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Fletcher, Lizzie (Texas, District 7)
- Fulcher, Ross (Idaho, District 1)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Hudson, Richard (North Carolina, District 9)
- Johnson, Bill (Ohio, District 6)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Lesko, Debbie (Arizona, District 8)
- Matsui, Doris (California, District 7)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Palmer, Gary (Alabama, District 6)
- Pence, Greg (Indiana, District 6)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Pfluger, August (Texas, District 11)
- Rochester, Lisa Blunt (Delaware, At Large)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schakowsky, Jan (Illinois, District 9)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Tonko, Paul (New York, District 20)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Veasey, Marc (Texas, District 33)
- Walberg, Tim (Michigan, District 5)
- Weber, Randy (Texas, District 14)
9/15/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bilirakis, Gus (Florida, District 12)
- Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Delaware, At Large)
- Bucshon, Larry (Indiana, District 8)
- Burgess, Michael (Texas, District 26)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crenshaw, Dan (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Dunn, Neal (Florida, District 2)
- Eshoo, Anna (California, District 16)
- Griffith, Morgan (Virginia, District 9)
- Guthrie, Brett (Kentucky, District 2)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Hudson, Richard (North Carolina, District 9)
- Joyce, John (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Kelly, Robin (Illinois, District 2)
- Kuster, Ann McLane (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Latta, Bob (Ohio, District 5)
- Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (Iowa, District 1)
- Obernolte, Jay (California, District 23)
- Pallone, Jr., Frank (New Jersey, District 6)
- Pence, Greg (Indiana, District 6)
- McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (Washington, District 5)
- Ruiz, Raul (California, District 25)
- Sarbanes, John (Maryland, District 3)
- Schrier, Kim (Washington, District 8)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
H.R. 1465: Violet’s Law – This bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) used in federal research.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Barragan, Nanette Diaz (California, District 44)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Blumenauer, Earl (Oregon, District 3)
- Brownley, Julia (California, District 26)
- Buchanon, Vern (Florida, District 16)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Cardenas, Tony (California, District 29)
- Carson, Andre (Indiana, District 7)
- Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (Georgia, District 1)
- Cartwright, Matt (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Casten, Sean (Illinois, District 6)
- Castor, Kathy (Florida, District 14)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (Florida, District 20)
- Chu, Judy (California, District 28)
- Connolly, Gerald E. (Virginia, District 11)
- Courtney, Joe (Connecticut, District 2)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- Dean, Madeleine (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- DelBene, Suzan (Washington, District 1)
- Deluzio, Christopher R. (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- Escobar, Veronica (Texas, District 16)
- Espaillat, Adriano (New York, District 13)
- Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Garcia, Jesus G. “Chuy” (Illinois, District 4)
- Gimenez, Carlos A. (Florida, District 28)
- Gooden, Lance (Texas, District 5)
- Gottheimer, Josh (New Jersey, District 5)
- Granger, Kay (Texas, District 12)
- Grijalva, Raul M. (Arizona, District 7)
- Harshbarger, Diana (Tennessee, District 1)
- Houlahan, Chrissy (Pennsylvania, District 6)
- Huffman, Jared (California, District 2)
- Johnson, Jr., Henry C. “Hank” (Georgia, District 4)
- Kelly, Mike (Pennsylvania, District 16)
- Kildee, Daniel T. (Michigan, District 8)
- Kilmer, Derek (Washington, District 6)
- Kim, Andy (New Jersey, District 3)
- Kim, Young (California, District 40)
- Jackson, Jeff (North Carolina, District 14)
- James, John (Michigan, District 10)
- Lawler, Michael (New York, District 17)
- Lee, Susie (Nevada, District 3)
- Lieu, Ted (California, District 36)
- Lynch, Stephen F. (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Mace, Nancy (South Carolina, District 1) [Sponsor]
- Manning, Kathy E. (North Carolina, District 6)
- Malliotakis, Nicole (New York, District 11)
- Mast, Brian J. (Florida, District 21)
- McClellan, Jennifer L. (Virginia, District 4)
- McBath, Lucy (Georgia, District 7)
- McCollum, Betty (Minnesota, District 4)
- McGovern, James P. (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Meng, Grace (New York, District 6)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Moskowitz, Jared (Florida, District 23)
- Moulton, Seth (Massachusetts, District 6)
- Neguse, Joe (Colorado, District 2)
- Nehls, Troy E. (Texas, District 22)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC, At Large)
- Omar, Ilhan (Minnesota, District 5)
- Panetta, Jimmy (California, District 19)
- Pappas, Chris (New Hampshire, District 1)
- Pascrell, Jr.,Bill (New Jersey, District 9)
- Paulina Luna, Anna (Florida, District 13)
- Ryan, Patrick (New York, District 18)
- Payne, Jr., Donald M. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Peters, Scott (California, District 50)
- Phillips, Dean (Minnesota, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Pocan, Mark (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Posey, Bill (Florida, District 8)
- Ramirez, Delia C. (Illinois, District 3)
- Reschenthaler, Guy (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Ross, Deborah K. (North Carolina, District 2)
- Sanchez, Linda T. (California, District 38)
- Scanlon, Mary Gay (Pennsylvania, District 5)
- Schakowsky, Janice D. (Illinois, District 9)
- Schiff, Adam B. (California, District 30)
- Scholten, Hillary J. (Michigan, District 3)
- Sherman, Brad (California, District 32)
- Sherrill, Mikie (New Jersey, District 11)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Stansbury, Melanie A. (New Mexico, District 1)
- Stauber, Pete (Minnesota, District 8)
- Steube, W. Gregory (Florida, District 17)
- Stevens, Haley M. (Michigan, District 11)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
- Tlaib, Rashida (Michigan, District 12)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Trahan, Lori (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Trone, David J. (Maryland, District 6)
- Vargas, Juan (California, District 52)
- Veasey, Marc A. (Texas, District 33)
- Velazquez, Nydia M. (New York, District 7)
- Waltz, Michael (Florida, District 6)
- Watson Coleman, Bonnie (New Jersey, District 12)
- Wild, Susan (Pennsylvania, District 7)
Status:
3/8/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Adams, Alma S. (North Carolina, District 12)
- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Bishop, Jr., Sanford D. (Georgia, District 2)
- Bost, Mike (Illinois, District 12)
- Brown, Shontel M. (Ohio, District 11)
- Budzinski, Nikki (Illinois, District 13)
- Cammack, Kat (Florida, District 3)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Carbajal, Salud O. (California, District 24)
- Casar, Greg (Texas, District 35)
- Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (Oregon, District 5)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Craig, Angie (Minnesota, District 2)
- Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” (Arkansas, District 1)
- Crockett, Jasmine (Texas, District 30)
- Davids, Sharice (Kansas, District 3)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- De La Cruz, Monica (Texas, District 15)
- Duarte, John S. (California, District 13)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Finstad, Brad (Minnesota, District 1)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Jonathan L. (Illinois, District 1)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Johnson, Dusty (South Dakota, At Large)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- LaMalfa, Doug (California, District 1)
- Langworthy, Nicholas A. (New York, District 23)
- Lucas, Frank D. (Oklahoma, District 3)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- McGovern, James P. (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Miller, Mary E. (Illinois, District 15)
- Miller, Max L. (Ohio, District 7)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Nunn, Zachary (Iowa, District 3)
- Gluesenkamp Perez, Marie (Washington, District 3)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Rose, John W. (Tennessee, District 6)
- Rouzer, David (North Carolina, District 7)
- Salinas, Andrea (Oregon, District 6)
- Scott, Austin (Georgia, District 8)
- Scott, David (Georgia, District 13)
- Slotkin, Elissa (Michigan, District 7)
- Sorensen, Eric (Illinois, District 17)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Thompson, Glenn “GT” (Pennsylvania, District 15)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
- Vasquez, Gabe (New Mexico, District 2)
4/4/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry.
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
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- Alford, Mark (Missouri, District 4)
- Bacon, Don (Nevada, District 2)
- Baird, James R. (Indiana, District 4)
- Caraveo, Yadira (Colorado, District 8)
- Costa, Jim (California, District 21)
- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- DesJarlais, Scott (Tennessee, District 4)
- Feenstra, Randy (Iowa, District 4)
- Hayes, Jahana (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jackson, Ronny (Texas, District 13)
- Kelly, Trent (Mississippi, District 1)
- Mann, Tracey (Kansas, District 1)
- Molinaro, Marcus J. (New York, District 19)
- Moore, Barry (Alabama, District 2)
- Pingree, Chellie (Maine, District 1)
- Soto, Darren (Florida, District 9)
- Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Virginia, District 7)
- Tokuda, Jill N. (Hawaii, District 2)
- Van Orden, Derrick (Wisconsin, District 3)
S. 2397: The Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act – This bill would amend section 495 of the Public Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, requiring foreign laboratories to (1) meet the same animal welfare requirements as domestic laboratories to qualify for NIH fund and (2) submit to quarterly site inspections to ensure their continued compliance with animal welfare requirements.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Ernst, Joni (Iowa)
- Fetterman, John (Pennsylvania)
- Merkley, Jeff (Oregon)
- Peters, Gary C. (Michigan)
- Rand, Paul (Kentucky)
- Ricketts, Pete (Nebraska)
- Schmitt, Eric (Missouri)
- Vance, J.D. (Ohio)
Status:
7/19/23: Introduced in the Senate; read twice, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension.
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions members:
- Baldwin, Tammy (Wisconsin)
- Braun, Mike (Indiana)
- Budd, Ted (North Carolina)
- Casey, Jr., Robert P. (Pennsylvania)
- Collins, Susan (Maine)
- Cassidy, Bill (Louisiana)
- Kaine, Tim (Virginia)
- Hassan, Maggie (New Hampshire)
- Hickenlooper, John (Colorado)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Markley, Ed (Massachusetts)
- Marshall, Roger (Kansas)
- Murkowski, Lisa (Arkansas)
- Mullin, Markwayne (Oklahoma)
- Murphy, Christopher (Connecticut)
- Murray, Patty (Washington)
- Paul, Rand (Kentucky)
- Romney, Mitt (Utah)
- Sanders, Bernie (Vermont)
- Smith, Tina (Minnesota)
- Tuberville, Tommy (Alabama)
State Bills
H.B. 1292: Regulation of Animal Testing – This bill would require the state board of animal health to establish a registry of research facilities that use live animals for research/testing and to track the number of live animals used for research or testing at each research facility.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Campbell, Chris (District 26)
- Errington, Sue (District 34)
Status:
1/9/24: House – Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
- House Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development members:
- Aylesworth, Mike (District 11) [Chair]
- Baird, Beau (District 44) [Vice Chair]
- Barrett, Brad (District 56)
- Bartlett, John (District 95)
- Bauer, Maureen (District 6)
- Cherry, Robert (District 53)
- Greene, Robb (District 47)
- Heine, Dave (District 85)
- Klinker, Sheila (District 27)
- Moed, Justin (District 97)
- Prescott, J.D. (District 33)
- Snow, Craig (District 22)
- Sweet, Lorissa (District 50)
S.B. 761: Licensing and Regulation of Testing Facilities That Use Animals – This bill would require private research facilities to use non-animal methods to assess product safety when such methods are available and equivalent or superior to animal methods.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Kramer, Ben (District 19)
- Lam, Clarence K. (District 123)
- Lewis Young, Karen (District 3)
- Waldstreicher, Jeff (District 18)
Status:
2/1/24: Senate – Reintroduced, and read for the first time in the Committee on Education, Energy, & Environment.
- Senate Committee on Education, Energy, & Environment members:
- Feldman, Brian J., Chair (District 15)
- Kagan, Cheryl C., Vice Chair (District 17)
- Augustine, Malcolm (District 47)
- Brooks, Benjamin (District 10)
- Carozza, Mary Beth (District 38)
- Gallion, Jason C. (District 35)
- Hester, Katie Fry (District 9)
- Lewis Young, Karen (District 3)
- Simonaire, Bryan W. (District 31)
- Washington, Mary (District 43)
- Watson, Ron (District 23)
2/13/24: Senate – Hearing scheduled for 3/8 at 9:00am.
S.D. 1424, H.B. 850: Promoting Humane Cosmetics & Other Household Products by Limiting the Use of Animal Testing – This bill would reduce the use of animals in cosmetics and household product testing by requiring manufacturers to use valid alternative (i.e., non-animal) test methods for product, product formulation, chemical, or ingredient testing whenever such alternatives are available.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Ashe, Brian M. (2nd Hampden)
- Connolly, Mike (26th Middlesex)
- Garballey, Sean (23rd Middlesex)
- Hawkins, James K. (2nd Bristol)
- Higgins, Natalie M. (4th Worcester)
- Howard, Vanna (17th Middlesex)
- Howitt, Steven S. (4th Bristol)
- Jones, Jr., Bradley H. (20th Middlesex)
- Lewis, John Patrick (7th Middlesex)
- Moore, Michael O. (2nd Worcester)
- Murray, Brian W. (10th Worcester)
- Owens, Steven (29th Middlesex)
- Puppolo, Jr., Angelo J. (12th Hampden)
- Sabadosa, Lindsay N. (1st Hampshire)
- Scarsdale, Margaret R. (1st Middlesex)
- Stanley, Thomas M. (9th Middlesex)
- Tarr, Bruce E. (First Essex and Middlesex)
- Vaughn, Marcus S. (9th Norfolk)
- Xiarhos, Steven George (5th Barnstable)
Senators:
- Crighton, Brendan P. (Third Essex)
- Edwards, Lydia (Third Suffolk)
- Eldridge, James B. (Middlesex and Worcester)
- Keenan, John F. (Norfolk and Plymouth)
- Lovely, Jona B. (Second Essex)
- Mark, Paul W. (Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire)
- Montigny, Mark (Second Bristol and Plymouth)
- Moran, Susan L. (Plymouth and Barnstable)
- O’Connor, Patrick M. (First Plymouth and Norfolk)
- Payano, Pavel M. (First Essex)
- Tarr, Bruce E. (First Essex and Middlesex)
Status:
2/16/23:
- Senate – Referred to the Committee on Public Health.
- Senate Public Health Committee members:
- Cyr, Julian (Cape and Islands)
- Keenan, John F. (Norfolk and Plymouth)
- Kennedy, Robyn K. (First Worcester)
- O’Connor, Patrick M. (First Plymouth and Norfolk)
- Oliveria, Jacob R. (Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester)
- Payano, Pavel M. (First Essex)
- Senate Public Health Committee members:
- House – Concurred.
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- House Public Health Committee members:
- Arena-DeRosa, James C. (8th Middlesex)
- Ashe, Brian M. (2nd Hampden)
- Decker, Marjorie C. (25th Middlesex)
- Garcia, Judith A. (11th Suffolk)
- Howard, Vanna (17th Middlesex)
- Kane, Hannah (11th Worcester)
- Kassner, Kristin E. (2nd Essex)
- Kerans, Sally P. (13th Essex)
- Khan, Kay (11th Middlesex)
- Lombardo, Marc T. (22nd Middlesex)
- Vargas, Andres X. (3rd Essex)
- House Public Health Committee members:
7/17/23: Joint – Hearing scheduled for 7/26/23 from 9:00am – 1:00pm
9/11/23: Senate – Discharged to the Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.
- Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources members:
- Kennedy, Edward J. (1st Middlesex)
- Eldrige, James B. (Middlesex and Worcester)
- Moore, Michael O. (2nd Worcester)
- Rausch, Rebecca L. (Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex)
- Rush, Michael F. (Norfolk and Suffolk)
- Tarr, Bruce E. (First Essex and Middlesex)
9/14/23: House – Concurred.
10/27/23: Joint – Hearing scheduled for 11/08/2023 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
3/18/24: Senate – Reporting date extended to Friday, April 12, 2024, pending concurrence.
4/8/24: House – Concurred.
4/22/2024: House –
Accompanied H850; accompanied by S1424.
Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means:
- House Ways and Means Committee members:
- Barber, Christine P. (34th Middlesex)
- Berthiaume, Jr., Donald R. (5th Worcester)
- Beile, David (4th Suffolk)
- Blais, Natalie M. (1st Franklin)
- D’Emilia, Angelo L. (8th Plymouth)
- Doherty, Carol A. (3rd Bristol)
- Duffy, Patricia A. (5th Hampden)
- Fernandes, Dylan A. (Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket)
- Ferrante, Ann-Margaret (5th Essex)
- Haddad, Patricia A. (5th Bristol)
- Haggerty, Richard M. (30th Middlesex)
- Hawkins, James K. (2nd Bristol)
- Higgins, Natalie M. (4th Worcester)
- Holmes, Russell E. (6th Suffolk)
- Howard, Vanna (17th Middlesex)
- Kearney, Patrick Joseph (4th Plymouth)
- Kerans, Sally P. (13th Essex)
- Kilcoyne, Meghan (12th Worcester)
- R. LaNatra, Kathleen (12th Plymouth)
- Lipper-Garabedian, Kate (32nd Middlesex)
- Michlewitz, Aaron (3rd Suffolk) [Chair]
- Montano, Samantha (15th Suffolk)
- Muratore, Mathew J. (1st Plymouth)
- Murray, Brian W. (10th Worcester)
- Pease, Kelly W. (4th Hampden)
- Ramos, Orlando (9th Hampden)
- Silvia, Alan (7th Bristol)
- Smola, Todd M. (1st Hampden)
- Sullivan-Almeida, Alyson M. (7th Plymouth)
- Tyler, Chynah (7th Suffolk)
- Ultrino, Steven (33rd Middlesex)
- Vargas, Andres X. (3rd Essex)
- Vaughn, Marcus S. (9th Norfolk)
- Williams, Bud L. (11th Hampden)
- Xiarhos, Steven George (5th Barnstable)
S.B. 792: Animals – Research Facilities – This bill would require that research facilities using animals submit an annual report that includes the total number of animals owned by the facility, the total number of animals used for laboratory research conducted at the research facility, and the total number of animals released by the research facility.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Chang, Stephanie (District 3)
- Geiss, Erika (District 1)
- Hertel, Kevin (District 12)
- Klinefelt, Veronica (District 11)
- Polehanki, Dayna (District 5)
- Shink, Sue (District 14)
- Wojno, Paul (District 10)
Status:
3/14/24: Senate – Introduced, and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.
- Senate Committee on Regulatory Affairs members:
- Bellino, Joseph (District 16)
- Hauck, Roger (District 34)
- Hertel, Kevin (District 12)
- Lauwers, Dan (District 25)
- McCann, Sean (District 19)
- Moss, Jeremy (District 7) [Chair]
- Polehanki, Dayna (District 5)
- Santana, Sylvia (District 2)
- Webber, Michael (District 9)
- Wojno, Paul (District 10)
S.B. 97: An Act Relative to the Use of Animals in Product Testing – This bill would prohibit the use of a traditional animal test for product testing when an appropriate alternative test method exists.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Altschiller, Debra (Stratham)
- Bradley, Jeb (Wolfeboro)
- Chandley, Shannon (Amherst)
- Soucy, Donna (Manchester)
- Watters, David (Dover)
- Representatives:
- Beaulieu, Jane (Hillsborough – District 19)
- Burroughs, Anita (Carroll – District 2)
- Read, Ellen (Rockingham – District 10)
Status:
1/5/23: Senate – Introduced, and referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
1/24/23: Senate – hearing.
2/22/23: Senate – Committee Report – rereferred to Committee.
- Senate Finance Committee members:
- Birdsell, Regina (Hampstead)
- Bradley, Jeb (Wolfeboro)
- D’Allesandro, Lou (Manchester)
- Gray, James (Rochester)
- Innis, Daniel (Bradford)
- Pearl, Howard (Loudon)
- Rosenwald, Cindy (Nashua)
1/3/24: Senate – Ought to pass with amendments 2024-0010s and 2024-0033s.
2/8/24: Senate – Ought to pass with amendment 2024-0371s,
2/22/24: House – Introduced (in recess of) and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
- House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee members:
- Ammon, Keith (Hillsborough – District 42)
- Beaulieu, Jane (Hillsborough – District 19)
- Burroughs, Anita (Carroll – District 2)
- Cole, Brian (Hillsborough – District 26)
- Herbert, Christopher (Hillsborough – District 24)
- Hunt, John (Cheshire – District 14)
- Gibbs, Merryl (Merrimack – District 23)
- Grassie, Chuck (Strafford – District 8)
- McAleer, Chris (Carroll – District 2)
- McGough, Tim (Hillsborough – District 12)
- Porcelli, Susan (Rockingham – District 19)
- Post, Lisa (Hillsborough – District 42)
- Potucek, John (Rockingham – District 13)
- Rafter, Hal (Rockingham – District 1)
- Spier, Carry (Hillsborough – District 6)
- Sullivan, Jared (Grafton – District 2)
- Thackston, Dick (Cheshire – District 12)
- Walsh, Lilli (Rockingham – District 15)
4/24/24: House – Public healing.
5/8/24: House – Subcommittee work session.
5/15/24: House – Executive session scheduled for 10:00am.
5/16/24: House – Committee Report: refer for Interim Study.
5/23/24: House – Refer for Interim Study – Motion Adopted
9/11/24: House – Work Session
10/17/24: House – Executive Session
H.B. 495: Prohibition on the Sale of Cosmetics Tested on Animals – This bill would amend sections of the state code to prohibit the sale of cosmetics tested on animals except under certain specified circumstances.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Brennan, Sean P. (District 14)
- Brent, Juanita O. (District 22)
- Carruthers, Sara P. (District 47)
- Dell’Aquila, Richard (District 15)
- Grim, Michele (District 43)
- Robb Blasdel, Monica (District 79)
- Russo, C. Allison (District 7)
- Sweeney, Bride Rose (District 16)
Status:
4/16/23: House: – Introduced.
4/23/24: House – Referred to the Committee on Commerce & Labor.
- House Committee on Commerce & Labor members:
- Abrams, Cindy (District 29)
- Brent, Juanita O. (District 22)
- Claggett, Thaddeus J. (District 68)
- Cutrona, Al (District 58)
- Dell’Aquila, Richard (District 15)
- Jarrells, Dontavius L. (District 1)
- Johnson, Mark (District 92)
- Jones, Don (District 95)
- Manchester, Susan (District 78) [Vice Chair]
- McNally, Lauren (District 59) [Ranking Member]
- Piccolantonio, Beryl (District 4)
- Roemer, Bill (District 31)
- Santucci, Nick (District 64)
H. 425: Prohibiting Cosmetic Testing on Animals – This bill would prohibit cosmetic testing on animals with limited exceptions.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Krasnow, Emilie (Chittenden-9)
Status:
- 1/3/24: General Assembly – Read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Human Services.
- General Assembly Human Services Committee members:
- Brumsted, Jessica (Chittenden-7) [ Vice Chair]
- Donahue, Anne B. (Washington 1) [Ranking Member]
- Garogano, Rey (Chittenden-23)
- Gregoire, James (Franklin 6)
- Hyman, Noah (Chittenden-8)
- McGill, Jubilee (Addison-5)
- Noyes, Daniel (Lamoille-2) [Clerk]
- Pajala, Kelly (Windham-Windsor-Bennington)
- Small, Taylor (Chittenden-21)
- Whitman, Dane (Bennington-2)
- General Assembly Human Services Committee members: