HR 5715
116th Congress
House
Animals
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Business records
Family relationships
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Petfax Act of 2020
Introduced: January 30, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 13, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jan 30, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Petfax Act of 2020
This bill generally addresses the sale of animals as pets, including by requiring certain disclosures by a seller to a purchaser, prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts with respect to the sale of an animal as a pet, and restricting the licensing of certain pet dealers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1