Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act
Official title: A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Sen. Josh Hawley R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 294.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1498.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1498, Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions Act (HONEST) Act” on November 19, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61906
- CBO publication date
- November 19, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley.
- S.Res. 255 (119th) A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of former United States Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri.
- S. 3490 (119th) National Historical Park and National Historic Landmark Establishment and Boundary Adjustments Act of 2025
- S. 1829 (119th) STOP CSAM Act of 2025
- S. 3062 (119th) GUARD Act
- S. 419 (119th) Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2025
- S. 2169 (119th) Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
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.