Keeping Pets and Families Together Act
Summary
Keeping Pets and Families Together Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support animal shelters, pounds, or humane societies implanting microchips into dogs and cats in their care before allowing the animals to be adopted, returned to their owners, or sold to dealers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 25, 2021
Last action Jul 22, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jul 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ted Lieu
DDemocratic
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