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H.R. 3989: Pets Belong With Families Act

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H.R. 3989: Pets Belong With Families Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-06-09 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-06-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Pets Belong With Families Act

Plain summary

Pets Belong With Families Act This bill prohibits public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on pets owned by residents of public housing units. The bill continues to allow public housing agencies to prohibit ownership of dangerous animals in public housing, but prohibits classification as dangerous by breed and requires that any such classification be based on specific behaviors or actions of the animal.

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Official text

Pets Belong With Families Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), André Carson (D-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30] reported raising $10.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr3989 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118