Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

Enhancing First Response Act

S. 725Introduced Feb 25, 2025Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Official title: A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification system, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-MN

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
Committee actionApr 30, 2025
Passed SenateSep 10, 2025 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 11, 2025 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 725.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act” on August 6, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 2025 ↗
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August 6, 2025
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S. 725, 119th Congress
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September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-59 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 2, 2025.
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S. 725, 119th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 independent

6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Luján (D-NM), Edward Markey (D-MA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Thune (R-SD).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota 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.