United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5715 (116th)
Petfax Act of 2020
Introduced
30 January 2020
Last action
13 February 2020 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Sponsors
Charlie Crist, Guy Reschenthaler
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Petfax Act of 2020 This bill generally addresses the sale of animals as pets, including by requiring certain disclosures by a seller to a purchaser, prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts with respect to the sale of an animal as a pet, and restricting the licensing of certain pet dealers.
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Timeline
30 January 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
30 January 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
30 January 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 30 January 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 January 2020
Sponsors
- Charlie Crist · D · Sponsor
- Guy Reschenthaler · R · Sponsor
- · hsag00 · Standing
- · hsif00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → WOOF! Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5715
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5715
- us · 116-hr-5715 · source updated 3 January 2025