Legislative Information and Updates Each year, thousands of dog-related laws and regulations are proposed at the federal, state, and local
levels.
So far this year, AKC GR has been monitoring more than 1,600 measures that could impact dog owners.
Congress, seven state legislatures and the District of Columbia are currently in regular session.
Virginia is in special session.
Bills for the 2015 session have been prefiled in 22 states.
Visit the
2014 Legislation Tracking page for the most up-to-date information on state and federal legislation.
This site, updated each weekday, provides the latest bill text, status, and links to legislative alerts posted by the AKC.
Click on the links below to view highlights of issues that are being tracked by AKC Government Relations:
Federal
— issues that may affect all dog owners in the US
State — issues specific to your state.
Local — issues at the city and county levels
Please contact AKC GR at (919) 816-3720 or
doglaw@akc.org for more information or to let us know what’s happening in your local community.