Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
SAVES Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit entities to assist such entities in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Tillis R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1441.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1441, Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act of 2025” on August 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61652
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1441, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
461e4eab41ad0a0a0a6440ffae9e0b7781dc75b953c157c96a2119f76545f58d
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-113 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on February 24, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/113
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1441, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
461e4eab41ad0a0a0a6440ffae9e0b7781dc75b953c157c96a2119f76545f58d
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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
29 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 22 Democrats, 1 independent
23 of 29 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ted Budd (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Christopher Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jon Husted (R-OH), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thomas Tillis.
- S. 3705 (119th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- S. 1038 (119th) TRACE Act
- S. 2498 (119th) National Park System Long-Term Lease Investment Act
- S.Res. 946 (119th) A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day".
- S.Res. 705 (119th) A resolution commending the "Donut Dollies" for their patriotic service and steadfast support of United States servicemembers in combat…
- S.Res. 611 (119th) A resolution authorizing the use of the atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for a Bipawtisan Doggi Gras Pawrade on…
Related bills
- H.R. 2605 (119th) SAVES ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.