S. 1385: Puppy Protection Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-27 · Animals · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2227-2228)

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2227-2228) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Puppy Protection Act of 2021

Plain summary

Puppy Protection Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs adequate housing, exercise, and veterinary care; appropriate and nutritious food; continuous access to potable water; and meaningful socialization with humans and compatible dogs for at least 30 minutes each day. The standards must also include requirements for breeders to use safe breeding practices and make all reasonable efforts to find humane placement for retired breeding dogs.

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Official text

Puppy Protection Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 42 cosponsors

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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1385.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s1385 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117