Bill No. |
Title |
Summary |
Status |
 |
AB 233
(Support) |
Tax Deduction for Adopting an Animal from a Shelter |
Allows for a tax deduction for the qualified costs paid or incurred during the taxable year by a taxpayer for the adoption of pets from a qualified animal rescue. |
Pending |
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AB 241
(Support) |
Responsible Breeder Act (Puppy Mills) |
Limits the number of intact animals a person can maintain. |
Vetoed |
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AB 242
(Support) |
Felony Spectator at Dogfights |
Makes being a spectator at a dogfight a felony. |
Signed into Law |
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AB 243
(Support) |
Animal Cruelty |
Strengthens the animal cruelty law by prohibiting a person convicted of animal cruelty from owning an animal. |
Vetoed |
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AB 1122
(Support) |
Ban on Sale of Animals at Flea Markets |
Prohibits the sale of a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, commercial parking lot, or at any outdoor special sale, swap meet, flea market, parking lot sale, carnival or boardwalk. |
Vetoed |
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AB 1437
(Support) |
Eggs from Battery Cages |
Prohibits the sale of a shelled egg for human consumption if it is the product of an egg-laying hen who was confined on a farm or place that is not in compliance with California animal care standards. |
Passed Assembly |
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ACR 19
(Support) |
Spay Day Resolution |
Declares February 24, 2009, to be Spay Day USA 2009, and would request that Californians observe that day by having their dogs or cats spayed or neutered and by contributing to organizations that provide spay and neuter services. |
Adopted |
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HR 80
and S 462
(Support) |
Captive Primate Safety Act |
Prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates (chimpanzees, monkeys, lemurs and others) for the pet trade. Some states already prohibit private ownership of nonhuman primates as pets, but since these animals are often moved between states for the pet trade, federal legislation is needed to curb this interstate commerce. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 81/
S 850
(Support) |
Shark Conservation Act |
Protects sharks from the cruel practice of shark finning (cutting off sharks' fins and throwing the sharks back in the water, often while still alive). Congress banned this practice in 2000, but enforcement is complex and there is room for cheating. This legislation closes a loophole that currently permits a vessel to transport fins obtained illegally as long as the sharks were not finned aboard that vessel. |
Passed House |
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HR 281/S 373
(Support) |
Python Importation |
Bans the interstate commerce and importation of pythons. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 305
(Support) |
Horse Transportation Safety Act |
Prohibits the interstate transportation of horses in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. |
Pending |
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HR 388
and S 197
(Support) |
Crane Conservation Act |
Assists in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing financial resources for conservation programs. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 411 and S 529
(Support) |
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act |
Provides support and financial resources for conservation programs of rare felids (such as lions, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and iberian lynx) and canids (such as the gray wolf, ethiopian wolf, maned wolf, and african and asiatic wild dogs) to nations within the animals' natural range. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 503/
S 727
(Support) |
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act |
Prohibits knowing and intentional possession, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving of a horse for slaughter for human consumption. |
Pending |
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HR 509
(Support) |
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act |
Authorizes an additional five years of grants for marine turtle conservation projects in foreign countries, expands eligibility to include projects in the U.S., and increases authorized funding levels. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 556/S 1748
(Support) |
Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act |
Establishes a program of research, recovery and other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter. |
Passed House |
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HR 669
(Support) |
Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act |
To prevent the introduction and establishment of nonnative wildlife species negatively impacting the economy, environment, or human or animal species' health, and for other purposes. |
Pending |
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HR 688/
SR 221/SR 283
(Support) |
Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day |
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the first annual National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Day taking place on September 26, 2009. |
Passed |
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HR 767
(Support) |
National Animal Rescue Day |
Expresses support for designation of a National Animal Rescue Day to create awareness, educate humans in the importance of adoption, and create a humane environment for any pet, including the importance of spaying and neutering of animals, and the encouragement of animal adoptions throughout the United States. |
Pending |
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HR 812
(Support) |
Military Working Dogs |
Recognizes the significant contributions of the Military Working Dog (MWD) Program to the U.S. Armed Forces. |
Pending |
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HR 844/S 859
(Support) |
Marine Mammal Stranding |
Provides grants for marine mammal rescue and disentanglement. |
Passed Committee |
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HR 1018
(Support) |
Wild Horses and Burros |
Restores the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. This provision was stripped by an amendment slipped into the 2005 Omnibus Spending Bill. On May 19, 2005, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that removed the Bureau of Land Management's funding for horse slaughter. However, this amendment was ultimately left out of the final version of the bill. |
Passed House |
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HR 1054
(Oppose) |
Polar Bear Trophy Importation |
Allows importation of polar bear trophies taken in sports hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was dtermined to be a threatened species. |
Pending |
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HR 1055
(Oppose) |
Importation of Polar Bear Trophies |
Allows importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada. |
Pending |
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HR 1326
(Support) |
Great Ape Protection Act |
Phases out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research in the United States, retire the approximately 500 federally owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary, and make the recent National Institutes of Health decision to end breeding on federally owned chimpanzees statutory. |
Pending |
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HR 1549
and S 619
(Support) |
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act |
To phase out the routine non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals – a common practice to promote growth and compensate for overcrowded, stressful, unsanitary conditions on factory farms – in order to maintain the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals.
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Pending |
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HR 2062
(Support) |
Migratory Bird Treaty Penalty and Enforcement Act |
Provides for penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species. |
Passed House |
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HR 2213/SR 690
(Support) |
Neo-Tropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (and Reauthorization) |
Reauthorizes an existing program that provides funds for the conservation of neo-tropical migratory birds. |
Pending |
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HR 2308
(Support) |
Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2009 |
Prohibits the shooting of live animals remotely via the Internet, and halts the interstate shipment of captive, exotic mammals for the sole purpose of being shot in a fenced enclosure for entertainment or for trophy. A bill to amend Title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic animals and certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. |
Pending |
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HR 2455
(Support) |
International Whale Conservation and Protection Act |
Amends the Whale Conservation and Protection Study Act to promote international whale conservation, protection and research. |
Pending |
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HR 2480/S 1076
(Support) |
Truth in Fur Labeling Act |
Requires species-specific labeling on any fur product regardless of value, in order to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed choices and combat the import of dog and cat fur. Currently, a loophole allows fur products valued at $150 or less to be sold in the U.S. without disclosure of the species of animal used in the garment. |
Pending |
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HR 3266/S 1495
(Support) |
Service Dogs for Disabled Veterans |
Establishes program of grants for non-profit groups to encourage the use of service and therapy dogs to assist disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces. |
Enacted |
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HR 3381/S 1535
(Support) |
Aerial Hunting of Wildlife |
Amends the federal Airborne Hunting Act to bar the shooting of wolves, bears, and other predators from aircraft except in limited cases involving a designed biological emergency. |
Pending |
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HR 3480
(Support) |
Bear Protection Act of 2009 |
Helps stop the illegal poaching of bears and conserves global bear populations by prohibiting the import, export and interstate commerce in bear parts such as the gallbladder and bile. |
Pending |
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HR 3501
(Support) |
Pet Care Tax Deduction |
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction of up to $3,500 for veterinary and other pet care expenses for qualified pets (defined as "legally owned, domesticated, live animals"). |
Pending |
|
HR 3710
(Support) |
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act |
Prohibits the use of body-gripping traps (defined as "any device intended to kill or capture wildlife by physically restraining any part of the animal") in the National Wildlife Refuge System. |
Pending |
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HR 3907/S 1834
(Support) |
Class B Dealers |
Prohibits the sale of "random source" (as opposed to purpose-bred) dogs and cats by Class B dealers for research purposes. Class B dealers sometimes obtain these animals through pet theft and free-to-good-home ads. |
Pending |
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HR 4269
(Support) |
Animals in Military Research |
Requires that only human-based methods be used for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries. |
Pending |
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HR 4356
(Support) |
Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act |
Codifies the USDA ban on the slaughter of downed cattle and strenghens it to ensure immediate humane euthanasia, coverage of downed calves, and application to livestock auctions and markets. |
Pending |
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H Res 191
(Support) |
Animal Cruelty - Human Violence Resolution |
Designates May 2009 as "National Link Awareness Month" to recognize the link between animal cruelty and other forms of societal violence. |
Pending |
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H Res 355
(Support) |
National Dog Bite Prevention Week |
Recognizes May 17-23, 2009, as National Dog Bite Prevention Week, and calls upon communities to adopt and implement effective dog bite prevention programs. |
Pending |
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S Res 84
(Support) |
Canadian Seal Hunt Resolution |
Urges the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt. |
Passed |
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SB 135
(Support) |
Ban on Tail Docking |
Bans the tail docking of cows. |
Signed into Law |
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SB 318
(Support) |
Dogfighting Forfeiture |
Allows for the forfeiture of property connected with dogfighting. |
Signed into Law |
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SB 609 and SB 753
(Oppose) |
Kangaroos |
Allows for the importation of kangaroo skins. |
Pending |
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