Bills before parliament

Every bill the UK Parliament Bills API holds that would change the law about animals. Each one is shown with the long title parliament published for it — the formal statement of what the bill would do — quoted rather than summarised.

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In the current parliamentary session

Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill

Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill) · 2nd reading (Commons) · started in the Commons

A Bill to Amend the Hunting Act 2004; and for connected purposes.

Long title, as published by parliament

Last updated 16 July 2026.

hunt

Domestic Abuse (Pets etc) Bill

Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill) · 2nd reading (Commons) · started in the Commons

A Bill to make provision about protection for pets and other domestic animals within domestic abuse proceedings, including through non-molestation orders and occupation orders; to amend the definitions of controlling or coercive behaviour and economic abuse to include abuse involving pets and domestic animals; to extend the application of Domestic Abuse Protection Orders to cover pets and domestic animals; and for connected purposes.

Long title, as published by parliament

Last updated 25 June 2026.

pet

Fur (Import and Sale) Bill

Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill) · 2nd reading (Commons) · started in the Commons

A Bill to prohibit the import and sale of fur; and for connected purposes.

Long title, as published by parliament

Last updated 25 June 2026.

fur

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill

Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill) · 2nd reading (Commons) · started in the Commons

A Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.

Long title, as published by parliament

Last updated 25 June 2026.

dog

Pets (Microchips) Bill

Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill) · 2nd reading (Commons) · started in the Commons

A Bill to make provision regarding pets with microchips; and for connected purposes.

Long title, as published by parliament

Last updated 23 June 2026.

pet

Passed into law

Bills that completed their passage and received Royal Assent. The law they made is on the law comparison where it is one of the practices this site tracks, and in the timeline.

Introduced in earlier sessions

Bills introduced in a session that has since ended. The stage shown is the last one each bill reached, and the date is when parliament last updated its record — this page does not say what became of them beyond that.

How this page decides what to show

The Bills API searches the whole bill record, so the sweep asks 14 broad terms and then keeps only the bills whose short title mentions one of the 86 animal subjects the site watches — the same list the petitions page uses, so a subject added for one applies to the other.

The 14 terms asked of the Bills API

animal · welfare · dog · cat · wildlife · hunting · livestock · pet · zoo · fur · horse · bird · veterinary · fisheries

What this page does not do

It does not say whether a bill should pass, predict whether it will, or name who voted which way. The Bills API publishes each bill’s sponsors; this site does not record them. Sponsors are listed on the bill’s own page at parliament, and individual voting records are on TheyWorkForYou.

Source: the UK Parliament Bills API, which is free and needs no key. Long titles and stages are quoted as published. What the law currently is sits on the law comparison. Method last reviewed 23 August 2026; each bill above carries its own date.