Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3871
Establishes the Animal Welfare Trust to provide grants to entities that provide veterinary support services related to animals in low-income households or underserved communities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act creates the Animal Welfare Trust to provide grants related to animals. The Act creates a fund for moneys to support trust activities. The Act tells the trust to report on trust activities every other year. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.8). Establishes the Animal Welfare Trust to provide grants to entities that provide veterinary support services related to animals in low-income households or underserved communities. Establishes the Animal Welfare Fund for the purpose of carrying out the activities of the trust. Instructs the trust to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to animals on the activities of the trust on or before March 31 of each even-numbered year.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
1 co-sponsor
In the Senate
2 co-sponsors
Its course
February 27 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action7 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 45 days
Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterMar 4 to Apr 734 days
Ways and MeansApr 7 to Jun 27 · stopped81 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 7
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Jun 27
- Feb 27Introduced
- Mar 4Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
- Mar 17Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
- Apr 2Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
- Apr 7Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 27First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 4Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Mar 17Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 2Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 7Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Apr 7Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives