HR 5828
117th Congress
House
Housing and Community Development
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Pets Belong With Families Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 2021
Introduced in House
Nov 2, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Ask about this bill
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Plain-English summary
Pets Belong With Families Act
This bill prohibits public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on pets owned by residents of public housing units. The bill continues to allow public housing agencies to prohibit ownership of dangerous animals in public housing, but prohibits classification as dangerous by breed and requires that any such classification be based on specific behaviors or actions of the animal.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
44
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Pingree, Chellie
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
Jones, Mondaire
R
Malliotakis, Nicole
D
Carson, André
R
Harshbarger, Diana
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Welch, Peter
Kinzinger, Adam
D
Clark, Katherine M.
D
Levin, Mike
D
Pocan, Mark
Levin, Andy
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
Crist, Charlie
D
Davids, Sharice
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Moulton, Seth
RUSH, BOBBY
D
Neguse, Joe
D
Gomez, Jimmy
MALONEY, CAROLYN
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Raskin, Jamie
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Dean, Madeleine
D
Lieu, Ted
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Meng, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Nadler, Jerrold
Eshoo, Anna
Bush, Cori
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Underwood, Lauren
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5828: Pets Belong With Families Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5828/
"H.R. 5828: Pets Belong With Families Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5828/.
H.R. 5828, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5828/.
[H.R. 5828: Pets Belong With Families Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5828/)