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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

New Start Act of 2025

S. 1499Introduced Apr 28, 2025Policy area: Commerce

Official title: A bill to establish a program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to currently incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 28, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Cory Booker (D-NJ).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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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.