Bills · 119th Congress · S. 1538

Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal DDemocrat, 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

39 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
John Kennedy RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Kirsten E. Gillibrand DDemocrat
Peter Welch DDemocrat
Jacky Rosen DDemocrat
Catherine Cortez Masto DDemocrat
Angela D. Alsobrooks DDemocrat
Tammy Duckworth DDemocrat
Jeff Merkley DDemocrat
Susan M. Collins RRepublican
Elissa Slotkin DDemocrat
Adam B. Schiff DDemocrat
Andy Kim DDemocrat
Ben Ray Luján DDemocrat
Bernard Sanders IIndependent
Christopher A. Coons DDemocrat
Christopher Murphy DDemocrat
Michael F. Bennet DDemocrat
Jeanne Shaheen DDemocrat
Ruben Gallego DDemocrat
Chris Van Hollen DDemocrat
Jon Ossoff DDemocrat
Brian Schatz DDemocrat
Maria Cantwell DDemocrat
John W. Hickenlooper DDemocrat
Patty Murray DDemocrat
Cory A. Booker DDemocrat
Mark R. Warner DDemocrat
Richard J. Durbin DDemocrat
Mazie K. Hirono DDemocrat
Jack Reed DDemocrat
Tina Smith DDemocrat
Alex Padilla DDemocrat
John Fetterman DDemocrat
Mark Kelly DDemocrat
Amy Klobuchar DDemocrat
Tim Kaine DDemocrat
Lisa Blunt Rochester DDemocrat
Sheldon Whitehouse DDemocrat
Elizabeth Warren DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  2. Introduced in Senate

Committees

  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Senate)Referred To, April 30, 2025; Referred To, April 30, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

Confirmed from the official record

1 lobbying report name S. 1538, for 1 client.

Lobbying reports that name S. 1538
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

Contribution reports: Not checked yet.

Contribution reports are read for 0 of the 40 sponsors and cosponsors so far.

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