House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect our Pets Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalties for animal crushing, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 72, April 23, 2026, Page H3092):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8480, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.