Bill · S. 1594· Senate(119-S-1594)

Captive Primate Safety Act

Age: 80 years

Connecticut

Introduced: 5/5/2025
Last activity: 5/5/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsored by: Richard Blumenthal
Cosponsors: - 11 - 0

Animals

Introduced
In Committee

What this bill would do

The Captive Primate Safety Act amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to regulate nonhuman primates. It defines "prohibited primate species" to include animals like chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys. The bill generally makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase, breed, or possess these species. Certain exceptions are made for registered research facilities and individuals who register primates they owned before the Act's enactment. The Secretary of the Interior is tasked with creating implementing regulations within 180 days.

Yes· 3 of 5

Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+5
The bill increases protections for nonhuman primates by banning their commercial trade and private possession.
Would children be better off under this?+3
Prohibiting public contact with primates increases safety for children.
Does this give the federal government more power?+2
The bill expands federal authority over the possession and trade of primates via the Lacey Act.

The opposite· 3 of 9

Would business owners be better off under this?-5
Owners of exotic animal businesses will lose a product line due to the ban on trade.
Does this make it easier to run a small business?-3
The bill restricts the trade, sale, and possession of primate species, negatively impacting businesses in the exotic animal trade.
Would high-income households be better off under this?-2
Wealthy collectors of exotic animals are prohibited from acquiring new prohibited primates.