Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Kennedy D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2009
- Committee actionMay 20, 2009
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2009 — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 982.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” on June 1, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 20, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20736
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 982, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b8a20233a638482aaff8c3554766ff165ddc80b123bfb7f7c3aff66352a8191c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” on June 1, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 20, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20736
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 982, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b8a20233a638482aaff8c3554766ff165ddc80b123bfb7f7c3aff66352a8191c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.1256, which became Public Law 111-31 on 6/22/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 982, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b8a20233a638482aaff8c3554766ff165ddc80b123bfb7f7c3aff66352a8191c
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 982, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
57 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 50 Democrats, 2 independents
5 of 57 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), 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), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), John Cornyn (R-TX), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and 27 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. 909 (111th) Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention 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.