CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Vern Buchanan (R-FL)

SAFE Act of 2025

H.R. 1661 · House bill Agriculture and Food

A Republican bill with 199 Democratic cosponsors · See all 238 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025. It was introduced in the House of Representatives on February 27, 2025. The purpose of the bill is to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Specifically, it prohibits the slaughter of equines for human consumption. The text updates previous prohibitions regarding dogs and cats to now include equines.

Yes

No question was scored yes.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Would farmers be better off under this?

    Prohibiting equine slaughter for consumption may reduce a specific revenue stream for some equine farmers.