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S775Referred to Committee

SAFE Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-27
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
Republican · SC · Senator
Votes with party: 36.6% (306 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000359

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Susan M. Collins (R-ME)· 2025-09-16
  • John Fetterman (D-PA)· 2025-09-30
  • John Kennedy (R-LA)· 2025-09-30
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)· 2026-04-14
  • Rick Scott (R-FL)· 2026-04-14
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)· 2026-04-14
  • Ted Budd (R-NC)· 2026-05-14

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2025-02-27

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Previously

  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-27
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2025-02-27

Plain-English Summary

Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025 This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.) Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption. The bill subjects a violator to a fine. The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. However, it does not apply to an activity carried out by an Indian for a religious ceremony. As background, in recent years, the appropriations acts have prohibited the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funds to inspect horses before they are slaughtered for human consumption. Therefore, there are currently no USDA-inspected horse slaughter facilities in the United States.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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