House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LEO K9 Protection Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit harming animals used in law enforcement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Bean R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4755.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEAN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 128, July 25, 2025, Page H3656):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4755, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4755
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41f54a14aaf672a8d45df487794612dd3bc8ab2b127b252e29440d275e28d0de
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 July 1, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Cory Mills (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Aaron Bean.
- H.R. 1049 (119th) Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act
- H.R. 4093 (119th) Apples to Apples Comparison Act of 2025
- H.R. 8871 (119th) DME Scammer Prevention Act of 2026
- H.R. 5455 (119th) Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025
- H.R. 3057 (119th) National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 4311 (119th) Delivering On Government Efficiency in Spending Act
Related bills
- S. 4643 (119th) LEO K9 Protection ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.