Bill Information for s5-119

Long Title

A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

Short Title

Laken Riley Act

Vote Information

Status: ENACTED:SIGNED as of 2025-01-29 00:00:00.

Sponsor: This bill was sponsored by Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL).

Party line votes are determined based on this being a R-sponsored piece of legislation. See here for information on how party line votes are determined.

Vote count: There were 8 roll call votes on this bill in total.

Amendments

There were 3 amendments to this bill that received a roll call vote. The amendments are listed below with their sponsors:

• -- Amendment samdt8-119 filed by Joni Ernst (R) : To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.
• -- Amendment samdt23-119 filed by Christopher A. Coons (D) : To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens.
• -- Amendment samdt14-119 filed by John Cornyn (R) : To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.

Party line votes for these amendments are determined based on the party of the amendment sponsor, NOT the bill's sponsor.

Vote Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of party line and non-party line votes per party for each roll call vote taken.