Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

S. 485Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Official title: A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

Sponsor: Sen. Rand Paul R-KY

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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

23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans

0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Curtis (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Husted (R-OH), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), James Risch (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Todd Young (R-IN).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kentucky in Congress

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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.