# 119-s-1594: Captive Primate Safety Act

119-s-1594, Captive Primate Safety Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1594
- Congress: 119
- Title: Captive Primate Safety Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates a broad ban on private ownership and commercial trade of live nonhuman primates.** It would define covered species such as chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, monkeys, lemurs, and others and set registration, possession, and movement rules. - Families and private owners: Individuals would be barred from buying, selling, importing, exporting, transporting, or possessing listed primate species in interstate or foreign commerce. Owners of animals born before enactment must register each animal within 180 days and may not breed, acquire, or sell them or allow direct public contact. - Dealers and transporters: The bill would bar most commercial trade but creates a narrow exception for entities that have custody only to expeditiously move a primate to an authorized recipient. - Research facilities and rulemaking: Research facilities registered with the Department of Agriculture in good standing could continue to hold covered primates for research. The Secretary of the Interior would have 180 days to issue implementing regulations and a missed deadline would not affect enforceability.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New limits on owning primates: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would list many live nonhuman primates as "prohibited primate species," including chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, lemurs, lorises, monkeys, orangutans, tarsiers, galagos, and hybrids. It would generally ban importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purc…
- Rulemaking deadline and enforcement: mixed, low. If enacted, the Department of the Interior would have 180 days to write rules implementing the primate changes. The bill would also say the statutory bans and exceptions still apply even if the Department misses that deadline. This mainly affects agencies and regulated parties, not most households.

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1594 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1594)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1594 (as of 2026-09-10).