September 21, 2012 • Posted in Fact Sheets and More
Note: The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act has not been and is not expected to be reintroduced, given NIH’s 2013 decision to retire almost 90% of its chimpanzees.
112th Congress
18 Senate Sponsors and Co-Sponsors (S.810)
Alabama
Alaska
Sen Begich, Mark [AK]—11/18/2011
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
*Connecticut
Sen Blumenthal, Richard [CT]—10/17/2011
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT]—4/13/2011
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI]—7/20/2011
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI]—1/26/2012
Idaho
Illinois
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL]—9/20/2012
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME]—4/13/2011
Maryland
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD]—9/13/2012
Massachusetts
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA]—10/11/2011
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ]—2/16/2012
New Mexico
Sen Udall, Tom [NM]—12/15/2011
New York
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY]—10/3/2011
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH]—6/9/2011
Oklahoma
Oregon
Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR]—11/18/2011
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Sen Reed, Jack [RI]—9/19/2012
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
*Vermont
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]—12/1/2011
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT]—4/13/2011
Virginia
Washington
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] (lead sponsor; introduced 4/13/2011)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
*All Representatives and Senators were signed on for this state.