H.R. 2253
119th Congress
House
Puppy Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the humane treatment of dogs, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mar 21, 2025
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
22
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
- PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
- PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Cosponsors
219
R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
R
Van Orden, Derrick
R
Meuser, Daniel
D
Pressley, Ayanna
D
Rivas, Luz M.
R
Schweikert, David
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Mfume, Kweisi
R
Grothman, Glenn
D
Craig, Angie
D
Mejia, Analilia
D
Larsen, Rick
R
Lee, Laurel M.
R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
D
Morrison, Kelly
D
Larson, John B.
D
Hayes, Jahana
D
Whitesides, George
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Pappas, Chris
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Olszewski, Johnny
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Conaway, Herbert C.
R
Joyce, David P.
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Veasey, Marc A.
D
Bell, Wesley
R
Carey, Mike
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Balint, Becca
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
D
Vasquez, Gabe
D
Moskowitz, Jared
D
Pallone, Frank
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
D
Keating, William R.
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Fields, Cleo
D
Frankel, Lois
Page 1 of 5
Next
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2253: Puppy Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2253/
"H.R. 2253: Puppy Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2253/.
H.R. 2253, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2253/.
[H.R. 2253: Puppy Protection Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2253/)