United States · Bill · S
S. 2439 (110th)
A bill to require the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.
Introduced
10 December 2007
Last action
10 December 2007 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Richard Durbin, Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2], Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT], Charles Schumer, Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Requires the Attorney General to modify the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.
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Timeline
10 December 2007
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
10 December 2007
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15064)
Source: IntroReferral
10 December 2007
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 10 December 2007 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 December 2007
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 December 2007
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 10 December 2007
Sponsors
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Cosponsor
- Charles Schumer · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/2439
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2439
- us · 110-s-2439 · source updated 10 August 2026