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
CT: Help end breed-restrictive insurance practices (NEW, supports Proposed HB 5450)
IL: Help end breed-restrictive insurance practices (NEW, supports HB 1049)
KS: Stop puppy and kitten mill sales in Wichita
MA: Help keep pets and families together (UPDATED for 2023, supports SD1318/HD2505)
NM: Protect cats in Doña Ana County (NEW)
NJ: Help New Jersey's community cats (A.2275 / S.179)
TX: Support Baytown community cats (NEW)
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
NC: Declare support for shelter pets of Johnston County
Email action2025@bestfriends.org with questions about these community efforts.
Last updated February 1, 2023.