Senate bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-424

Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018

S. 2961Introduced May 24, 2018Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on Jan 7, 2019.

Sponsor: Sen. Roy Blunt R-MO

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 24, 2018
Committee actionSep 13, 2018
Passed SenateDec 11, 2018 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseDec 20, 2018 · 388–2
To the PresidentDec 27, 2018
Became lawJan 7, 2019

Latest action: Jan 7, 2019 — Became Public Law No: 115-424.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2961.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2961, Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018” on September 28, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 18, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2018 ↗
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September 28, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2961, 115th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2961
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-432 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 18, 2018.
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S. 2961, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
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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

21 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 10 Democrats

10 of 21 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Doug Jones (D-AL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Todd Young (R-IN).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress

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