Legislative alerts and updates
How would you like to get involved?
- Join a local effort to improve lifesaving for community cats.
- Join a local effort to pass a humane pet sales ordinance.
- Urge your state's insurance commission to protect responsible dog owners.
Support pet-friendly laws and ordinances
Find an alert/petition relevant to where you live (organized by state abbreviation) and fill out the contact fields with your information. Where applicable, a personalized email will be sent to the decision-maker(s) on your behalf.
USA: End steep pet fees for families in public housing
USA: Help keep pets and families together
CA: Protect our state's most vulnerable residents (support AB 1215)
CO: Help keep pets and families together (support HB 23-1068)
FL: Help keep pets and families together (support HB 941 / SB 942)
IL: Help end breed-restrictive insurance practices (support HB 1049 - updated 5/5/23)
KS: Stop puppy and kitten mill sales in Wichita
MA: Help keep pets and families together (UPDATED for 2023, supports SD 1318/HD 2505)
MN: Help end breed-restrictive insurance practices (support HF 1532/SF 762)
NM: Protect cats in Doña Ana County
NJ: Help New Jersey's community cats (support A.2275 / S.179)
OR: Help stop puppy and kitten mills (support HB 2915)
TX: Support Baytown community cats
TX: Help keep pets and families together (support HB 1159 / SB 349)
TX: Protect community cats and their caregivers (NEW – support HB 3660)
Email legislative@bestfriends.org with questions about these legislative campaigns.
Priority petition efforts
See more petitions, or create your own, at action.bestfriends.org.
AR: End dog breed restrictions by insurance companies
LA: Support safe, humane communities for people and pets in Louisiana
NC: Support positive change for the pets and people of Robeson County
NM: Support safe, humane communities for people and pets in New Mexico
TX: End Texas insurance breed restrictions
TX: Create change for Pasadena cats/ Crea un cambio para los gatos de Pasadena
Pledges
USA: Pledge to support your community and its cats
NC: Declare support for shelter pets of Johnston County
AL: Declare support for shelter pets of Autauga County
Email action2025@bestfriends.org with questions about these community efforts.
Last updated May 12, 2023.