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H.R. 4638119th CongressImmigration
Federal Working Animal Protection Act
Sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) · 19 active : 19 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 19, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act or the BOWOW Act
This bill establishes that a non-U.S. national (
alien
under federal law) convicted of, or who admits to having committed, an offense related to harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed228 yea, 190 nayMarch 19, 2026 · Roll call 96
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 44 | 11 | 25% |
| Middle | 200 | 4 | 2% |
| Entrenched | 172 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Immigration status and procedures
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
19 activeShow all 19 cosponsors
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)
- Darrell Issa (R-CA-48)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)
- Roger Williams (R-TX-25)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA-5)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
- Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
- Nick LaLota
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
