Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-12
Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015
Became law on May 19, 2015.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee actionMar 26, 2015
- Passed SenateApr 30, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2015 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMay 14, 2015
- Became lawMay 19, 2015
Latest action: May 19, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-12.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 665.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 665, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015” on April 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50092
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 665, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/665
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
27 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 18 Democrats
9 of 27 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), John Hoeven (R-ND), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.