House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

KITTEN Act of 2019

H.R. 1622Introduced Mar 7, 2019Policy area: Animals

Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Panetta D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 7, 2019
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 3, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1622.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 41, March 7, 2019, Page H2586):
Article I, Section 8, clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2019 ↗
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H.R. 1622, 116th Congress
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December 5, 2025
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

74 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 60 Democrats, 1 independent

13 of 74 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Katie Hill (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Conor Lamb (D-PA) and 44 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-20 district

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Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.