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Senate bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-12

Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015

S. 665Introduced Mar 4, 2015Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on May 19, 2015.

Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin D-MD
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Where it went

Latest action: May 19, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-12.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 665.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 665, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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

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).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ben Cardin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress

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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.