119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 775SAFE Act of 2025

A bill to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Last action Feb 27, 2025
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
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Referred
Feb 27, 2025
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.)  Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption. The bill subjects a violator to a fine. The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United State...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
AmendmentAI
Timeline · 2 actions
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.