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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

S. 6Introduced Jan 15, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.

Sponsor: Sen. James Lankford R-OK
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (CR S294-295)

Vote results

1 recorded roll-call vote on S. 6, oldest first. None of them was a final passage vote.

Roll-call votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments (1 Senate). Tap to show.

Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.

  • Cloture vote to start debate
    Cloture on the motion to proceed
    Senate · Jan 22, 2025 · roll 11 · Needed a 3/5 majority (60 votes)
    R 52–0 D 0–45 I 0–2
    52–47Rejected

Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.

Cosponsors

50 cosponsors — 50 Republicans

0 of 50 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Jim Banks (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Darline Graham (R-SC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Justice (R-WV), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS) and 20 more.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Oklahoma 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.