Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 54
- Latest action
- May 5, 2025
What it does
The Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025 would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the import, export, transport, sale, receipt, acquisition, purchase, breeding, or possession of prohibited primate species—including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, lemurs, monkeys, and their hybrids—in interstate or foreign commerce. It would allow limited exceptions for entities transporting primates to sanctuaries, individuals who possessed primates before the Act’s enactment (if they register within 180 days, refrain from breeding or selling, and prohibit public contact), and USDA-registered research facilities in good standing. The bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Mike Quigley
- Adelita Grijalva
- Andrea Salinas
- Andrew Garbarino
- André Carson
- Bill Foster
- Brad Sherman
- Brendan Boyle
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Christopher Smith
- Diana DeGette
- Dina Titus
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Frank Mrvan
- Gabe Evans
- George Latimer
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Grace Meng
- Henry Johnson
- Ilhan Omar
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jared Huffman
- Jerrold Nadler
- Jesús García
- Jill Tokuda
- Josh Gottheimer
- Judy Chu
- Julia Brownley
- Kevin Mullin
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds
- Lateefah Simon
- Lucy McBath
- Marilyn Strickland
- Melanie Stansbury
- Mike Levin
- Mike Thompson
- Nancy Mace
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Sean Casten
- Seth Magaziner
- Sharice Davids
- Shri Thanedar
- Stephen Lynch
- Steve Cohen
- Suzan DelBene
- Ted Lieu
- Troy Carter
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.