Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 2253

Puppy Protection Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublican, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Animals.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

218 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
James P. McGovern DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Guy Reschenthaler RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Jimmy Panetta DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Joaquin Castro DDemocrat
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocrat
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. DDemocrat
Julia Brownley DDemocrat
Carlos A. Gimenez RRepublican
Emilia Strong Sykes DDemocrat
Stephen F. Lynch DDemocrat
Lauren Underwood DDemocrat
Lloyd Doggett DDemocrat
Juan Ciscomani RRepublican
Robert Garcia DDemocrat
Nicole Malliotakis RRepublican
Steven Horsford DDemocrat
Ro Khanna DDemocrat
André Carson DDemocrat
Robin L. Kelly DDemocrat
Kevin Mullin DDemocrat
Jennifer L. McClellan DDemocrat
Morgan McGarvey DDemocrat
Derek Tran DDemocrat
Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocrat
Debbie Dingell DDemocrat
Steve Cohen DDemocrat
Judy Chu DDemocrat
Darren Soto DDemocrat
Richard E. Neal DDemocrat
Jill N. Tokuda DDemocrat
Vern Buchanan RRepublican
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez DDemocrat
Young Kim RRepublican
John Garamendi DDemocrat
Dina Titus DDemocrat
Anna Paulina Luna RRepublican
Bill Foster DDemocrat
Hillary J. Scholten DDemocrat
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. DDemocrat
Deborah K. Ross DDemocrat
Jerrold Nadler DDemocrat
Jared Huffman DDemocrat
Emanuel Cleaver DDemocrat
Patrick Ryan DDemocrat
Sean Casten DDemocrat
Norma J. Torres DDemocrat
Timothy M. Kennedy DDemocrat
Dwight Evans DDemocrat
Jason Crow DDemocrat
Bonnie Watson Coleman DDemocrat
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] DDemocrat
Frank J. Mrvan DDemocrat
Betty McCollum DDemocrat
Troy A. Carter DDemocrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi DDemocrat
Brad Sherman DDemocrat
Jamie Raskin DDemocrat
Josh Harder DDemocrat
Seth Magaziner DDemocrat
George Latimer DDemocrat
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] DDemocrat
James A. Himes DDemocrat
Scott H. Peters DDemocrat
Ilhan Omar DDemocrat
Valerie P. Foushee DDemocrat
Jake Auchincloss DDemocrat
Mike Levin DDemocrat
Joyce Beatty DDemocrat
Seth Moulton DDemocrat
April McClain Delaney DDemocrat
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocrat
Melanie A. Stansbury DDemocrat
Pramila Jayapal DDemocrat
Maxwell Frost DDemocrat
Laura Friedman DDemocrat
Josh Gottheimer DDemocrat
Bradley Scott Schneider DDemocrat
Shri Thanedar DDemocrat
Lizzie Fletcher DDemocrat
Raul Ruiz DDemocrat
Sam T. Liccardo DDemocrat
Maggie Goodlander DDemocrat
Ted Lieu DDemocrat
Zoe Lofgren DDemocrat
Paul Tonko DDemocrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocrat
Nellie Pou DDemocrat
Nikki Budzinski DDemocrat
Sarah Elfreth DDemocrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocrat
Joseph D. Morelle DDemocrat
Janelle S. Bynum DDemocrat
Diana DeGette DDemocrat
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] DDemocrat
Jim Costa DDemocrat
Greg Stanton DDemocrat
Sharice Davids DDemocrat
Gabe Amo DDemocrat
Yassamin Ansari DDemocrat
Grace Meng DDemocrat
J. Luis Correa DDemocrat
James R. Walkinshaw DDemocrat
Susie Lee DDemocrat
Kevin Kiley RRepublican
Jefferson Van Drew RRepublican
Jonathan L. Jackson DDemocrat
Nancy Mace RRepublican
Michael Lawler RRepublican
Nick LaLota RRepublican
Delia C. Ramirez DDemocrat
Veronica Escobar DDemocrat
Mary Gay Scanlon DDemocrat
Jimmy Gomez DDemocrat
LaMonica McIver DDemocrat
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. DDemocrat
Rashida Tlaib DDemocrat
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] DDemocrat
Brendan F. Boyle DDemocrat
Madeleine Dean DDemocrat
Eric Sorensen DDemocrat
Lateefah Simon DDemocrat
Mike Thompson DDemocrat
Mike Quigley DDemocrat
Christopher R. Deluzio DDemocrat
Summer L. Lee DDemocrat
Chellie Pingree DDemocrat
Laura Gillen DDemocrat
Suhas Subramanyam DDemocrat
Adriano Espaillat DDemocrat
Vicente Gonzalez DDemocrat
Kristen McDonald Rivet DDemocrat
Sarah McBride DDemocrat
Robert Menendez DDemocrat
Zachary Nunn RRepublican
Brittany Pettersen DDemocrat
Mark Takano DDemocrat
Donald Norcross DDemocrat
Lucy McBath DDemocrat
Jasmine Crockett DDemocrat
Val T. Hoyle DDemocrat
Greg Landsman DDemocrat
Greg Casar DDemocrat
Thomas R. Suozzi DDemocrat
Maxine Dexter DDemocrat
Marilyn Strickland DDemocrat
Daniel S. Goldman DDemocrat
Lori Trahan DDemocrat
Pete Aguilar DDemocrat
Glenn Ivey DDemocrat
Joe Neguse DDemocrat
Andrea Salinas DDemocrat
Dave Min DDemocrat
Mark DeSaulnier DDemocrat
Pablo José Hernández DDemocrat
Brian Jack RRepublican
Suzanne Bonamici DDemocrat
Frederica S. Wilson DDemocrat
Doris O. Matsui DDemocrat
Ryan Mackenzie RRepublican
Ami Bera DDemocrat
Joe Courtney DDemocrat
Julie Johnson DDemocrat
Christopher H. Smith RRepublican
Haley M. Stevens DDemocrat
John W. Mannion DDemocrat
Emily Randall DDemocrat
Cleo Fields DDemocrat
Mark Pocan DDemocrat
Adam Smith DDemocrat
Salud O. Carbajal DDemocrat
Lois Frankel DDemocrat
Ritchie Torres DDemocrat
Steny H. Hoyer DDemocrat
William R. Keating DDemocrat
Frank Pallone, Jr. DDemocrat
Jared Moskowitz DDemocrat
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott DDemocrat
Gabe Vasquez DDemocrat
Becca Balint DDemocrat
Juan Vargas DDemocrat
Wesley Bell DDemocrat
Janice D. Schakowsky DDemocrat
Mike Carey RRepublican
Marc A. Veasey DDemocrat
Marcy Kaptur DDemocrat
David P. Joyce RRepublican
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. DDemocrat
Gwen Moore DDemocrat
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. DDemocrat
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocrat
Rosa L. DeLauro DDemocrat
Sydney Kamlager-Dove DDemocrat
Chris Pappas DDemocrat
Linda T. Sánchez DDemocrat
Yvette D. Clarke DDemocrat
Kathy Castor DDemocrat
Danny K. Davis DDemocrat
George Whitesides DDemocrat
Jahana Hayes DDemocrat
John B. Larson DDemocrat
Kelly Morrison DDemocrat
Maria Elvira Salazar RRepublican
Laurel M. Lee RRepublican
Rick Larsen DDemocrat
Analilia Mejia DDemocrat
Angie Craig DDemocrat
Glenn Grothman RRepublican
Sara Jacobs DDemocrat
Kweisi Mfume DDemocrat
Sylvia R. Garcia DDemocrat
David Schweikert RRepublican
Luz M. Rivas DDemocrat
Daniel Meuser RRepublican
Ayanna Pressley DDemocrat
Derrick Van Orden RRepublican
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocrat
Alma S. Adams DDemocrat
Maxine Waters DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
  2. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  3. Introduced in House
  4. Introduced in House

Committees

  • Agriculture Committee (House)Referred To, March 21, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

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1 lobbying report name H.R. 2253, for 1 client.

Lobbying reports that name H.R. 2253
ClientRegistrantAmount for the whole quarterLobbyists named for this issueFiledReport
PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCILPET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCILSecond quarter of 2026The report gives no amount
  • ASHLEY BRINKMAN
  • ALYSSA JOSPEHINE MILLER
  • LAUREN CALMETFormer position, as reported: Government Affairs Director
  • ALISA CLEMENTSFormer position, as reported: Deputy Director, Outreach and Advocacy
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Reports read: 0 of 1 quarters read in full (2026-Q2). With no registered key the service allows 15 requests a minute, so this covers the latest quarter only. With a key it covers four.

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Contributions from these lobbyists and firms to the sponsor and cosponsors

No contribution report we hold ties a lobbyist or firm on these reports to the sponsor or a cosponsor.

Contribution reports are read for 10 of the 219 sponsors and cosponsors so far.

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