Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2009
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2009 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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
45 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 41 Democrats, 2 independents
3 of 45 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roland Burris (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
- S. 1405 (111th) Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act
- S. 277 (111th) Serve America Act
- S.Res. 36 (111th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 982 (111th) Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
- S. 560 (111th) Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- S. 1152 (111th) Healthy Families Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.