Congress·In Committee·H.R. 4755

LEO K9 Protection Act

Police Animals: Increased Protections and Medical Care

Jul 25, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committeeNo action in 11 months

This bill is currently sitting in the House Judiciary and Transportation and Infrastructure committees. Nothing has happened with this proposal since July 2025, which means it has been inactive for about 11 months. It is not moving forward at this time because the committees have not taken any action.

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Most bills like this are introduced but never get a vote in the full House. It will need many more supporters from both parties to become a law.

Key Points

This bill makes the penalties much tougher for people who use weapons to hurt police dogs or horses. If someone uses a dangerous weapon against a law enforcement animal, they could be sent to prison for up to 15 years.
It changes the rules so that paramedics and EMTs can legally treat injured police dogs at the scene of an emergency. This helps make sure the animals get life-saving care as quickly as possible.
The plan allows ambulances to carry injured police dogs to a veterinarian or animal hospital. This can only happen if there are no people who need the ambulance for a medical emergency at that same time.
The government would create new training guides for emergency workers to teach them how to care for police dogs. These guides would use existing expert knowledge from the military and search-and-rescue teams.
This law would protect animals working for the federal government, the military, and local police who are helping federal agents. It covers animals used for finding missing people, detecting bombs, or catching suspects.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Jul 25, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Jul 25, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Jul 21, 2025

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3481)

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

LEO K9 Protection Act

Bill NumberHR 4755

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.