Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee on December 18, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 261
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
4 co-sponsors
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Joseph P. Cryan, Shirley K. Turner, Gordon M. Johnson
Its course
January 9, 2024 to December 18, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Dec 18709 days
Economic GrowthJan 9 to Dec 11702 days
In the General AssemblyDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Commerce, Economic Development and AgricultureDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Do pass · Dec 11, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Britnee N. Timberlake, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Shirley K. Turner
Senate, third reading38–0
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Dec 18, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Economic Growth
- Dec 11, 2025Economic Growth recommended it
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 38 to 0
In the General Assembly Dec 18, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture