FIGHT Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-05-11Topic: criminal justice · agriculture food

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This bill would change the federal Animal Welfare Act to make it illegal for any person to gamble on an animal fighting venture. The ban would cover betting on both in-person events and broadcast events. The bill also renames the relevant section of the law to list gambling alongside the existing bans on sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in a fight, attending a fight, and bringing a child under 16 to a fight.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-05-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	refer
2026-05-11		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-05-11		Introduced in House	introduce

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