House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PIGS Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the confinement of pregnant pigs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Veronica Escobar D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2626.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2626, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar.
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- H.R. 2366 (119th) American Families United Act
- H.R. 9404 (119th) VA Home Loan Navigator Act
- H.R. 6258 (119th) Disarm Hate Act
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- H.R. 5020 (119th) Supporting Our Shelters Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.