A Republican bill with 4 Democratic cosponsors · See all 9 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025" or the "SAFE Act of 2025," seeks to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The primary goal is to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption. It achieves this by updating the existing section heading and subsection (a) regarding dogs and cats to include equines.
Yes
No question was scored yes.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Would farmers be better off under this?
The bill prohibits the sale of equines for human consumption, which may impact farmers involved in the equine meat trade.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Prohibition of equine slaughter: The bill amends Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to include equines alongside dogs and cats, which prevents the slaughter of these animals for human consumption. (Section 2)
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the text provided.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would farmers be better off under this? — The bill prohibits the sale of equines for human consumption, which may impact farmers involved in the equine meat trade.
- 6/15/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/14/2026
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- 9/30/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 9/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/27/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Ted BuddRepublican · North Carolina
Susan CollinsRepublican · Maine
John FettermanDemocrat · Pennsylvania
John KennedyRepublican · Louisiana
Ben LujánDemocrat · New Mexico
Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · Oregon
David McCormickRepublican · Pennsylvania
Rick ScottRepublican · Florida
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocrat · Rhode Island