House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Puppies from Sharia Act
Official title: To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to States and units of local government that prohibit their residents from owning dogs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Fine R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7611.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):Spending Clause, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7611, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7611
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 27, 2026
- 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 February 27, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark Harris (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Fine.
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.