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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Opportunities in Organic Act

S. 3717Introduced Jan 28, 2026Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Peter Welch D-VT
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 28, 2026 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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

12 cosponsors — 10 Democrats, 2 independents

0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Fetterman (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus King (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN).

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Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Peter Welch.

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.