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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced April 3, 2025 by Veronica Escobar · Last progress April 3, 2025
Prohibits confining breeding pigs in a way that prevents them from lying down, standing up, or turning around, and requires a minimum floor space per pig starting December 31, 2025. It creates limited exceptions (transport, veterinary care, pre-farrowing, humane slaughter), gives federal enforcement and penalty authority, and establishes a financial-assistance program to help producers comply while preserving existing state and local laws and other federal animal-welfare authorities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House