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PACT Act

USA116th CongressS-479| Senate 
| Updated: 2/13/2019
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (48)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Martha McSally (Republican)Doug Jones (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Pat Roberts (Republican)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Richard Burr (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act This bill revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-654
PACT Act
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 30, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4695
Received in the Senate.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-654
    PACT Act


  • February 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • October 30, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4695
    Received in the Senate.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 116-724: PACT Act
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesDigital mediaInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPhotography and imagingTelevision and film

PACT Act

USA116th CongressS-479| Senate 
| Updated: 2/13/2019
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act This bill revises and expands criminal provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both. It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 115-654
PACT Act
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 30, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4695
Received in the Senate.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 115-654
    PACT Act


  • February 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • October 30, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4695
    Received in the Senate.
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (48)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Mark R. Warner (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Martha McSally (Republican)Doug Jones (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Pat Roberts (Republican)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Rob Portman (Republican)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Richard Burr (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • HR 116-724: PACT Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesDigital mediaInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaPhotography and imagingTelevision and film