PAST Act of 2024
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Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2024 or the PAST Act of 2024
This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.
Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4004: PAST Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4004/
"S. 4004: PAST Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4004/.
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