Senate bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-220

Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

S. 1789Introduced Oct 15, 2009Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on Aug 3, 2010.

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Durbin D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 15, 2009
Committee actionMar 11, 2010
Passed SenateMar 17, 2010 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseJul 28, 2010 · by voice vote
To the PresidentJul 29, 2010
Became lawAug 3, 2010

Latest action: Aug 3, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-220.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1789.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1789, Fair Sentencing Act of 2010” on March 19, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on March 17, 2010</p>”.
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21384
CBO publication date
March 19, 2010
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S. 1789, 111th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1789, Fair Sentencing Act of 2010” on March 19, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on March 17, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21384
CBO publication date
March 19, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1789, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1789
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

23 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 1 independent

6 of 23 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roland Burris (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Cornyn (R-TX), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Arlen Specter (D-PA), James Webb (D-VA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

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