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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2025

S. 1509Introduced Apr 29, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: A bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. John Thune R-SD
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2666-2668)

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 Democrats

3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Thune.

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Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress

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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.