Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005

S. 306Introduced Feb 7, 2005Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe R-ME

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 7, 2005
Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
Passed SenateFeb 17, 2005 · 98–0
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 1, 2005 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 306.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 306, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005” on February 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 10, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16269
CBO publication date
February 14, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 306, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/306
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 306, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005” on February 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 10, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16269
CBO publication date
February 14, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 306, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/306
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
66237c9ee2767c798426bca3c8758eded3a10ee5be3da26df5a04cf6e4c4b29c
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

25 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent

15 of 25 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Jim Talent (R-MO), David Vitter (R-LA).

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Sponsor’s state and district

Maine in Congress

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