# 119-sres-483: A resolution honoring the extraordinary life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall.

119-sres-483, A resolution honoring the extraordinary life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status passed_senate (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-483
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution honoring the extraordinary life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall.
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Honors the life and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall, a pioneering primatologist and global conservation leader.** The resolution recounts her 1934 birth in Hampstead, London, her move to Africa in 1957, and her start of long-term chimpanzee studies at Gombe in 1960. It highlights discoveries that reshaped primatology, her founding of the Jane Goodall Institute, the Roots and Shoots program, and TACARE, notes major honors including UN Messenger of Peace and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, and records her death on October 1, 2025 at age 91 and the lasting reach of her work.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.

## Sources
- [119-sres-483 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/483)

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