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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025

S. 1538Introduced Apr 30, 2025Policy area: Animals

Official title: A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal D-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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

39 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 1 independent

2 of 39 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Kennedy (R-LA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), John Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI) and 9 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut 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.