S1441Reported by Committee
SAVES Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-04-10
Introduced
29
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Thom Tillis
Republican · NC · Senator
Votes with party: 74.5% (783 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/T000476
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (29)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Angus S. King Jr. (I-ME)Original· 2025-04-10
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)Original· 2025-04-10
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)Original· 2025-04-10
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)Original· 2025-04-10
- John Cornyn (R-TX)Original· 2025-04-10
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-04-10
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)Original· 2025-04-10
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)Original· 2025-04-10
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)· 2025-04-29
- Ted Budd (R-NC)· 2025-05-06
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)· 2025-06-02
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)· 2025-06-02
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)· 2025-06-02
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)· 2025-06-02
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)· 2025-06-12
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)· 2025-07-17
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)· 2025-07-17
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)· 2025-07-22
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)· 2025-07-23
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)· 2025-07-29
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)· 2025-07-30
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)· 2025-09-03
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)· 2025-09-09
- Jon Husted (R-OH)· 2025-10-03
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)· 2026-03-10
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)· 2026-03-10
Latest Action
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
2026-02-24
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReported By · 2026-02-24
Previously
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2025-07-30
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHearings By (full committee) · 2025-05-21
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-04-10
Plain-English Summary
Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act of 2025 or the SAVES Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year pilot program to award grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit entities to provide service dogs to veterans who have certain disabilities, conditions, or diagnoses (e.g., a visual impairment). Under the program, the VA may provide up to $2 million to a nonprofit entity in a fiscal year. The VA must provide a veterinary insurance policy to veterans who receive a service dog through a grant under the program.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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