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S5
Laken Riley Act
5
Roll Calls
260
Yea (latest vote)
153
Nay (latest vote)
Both Chambers
2025-01-09 – 2025-01-22

About S5

Laken Riley Act

Policy Area: Immigration

Sponsor: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)

Latest Action (2025-01-29): Became Public Law No: 119-1.

Summary

Laken Riley ActThis bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over adecision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only

Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration, Civil actions and liability, Crimes against property, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Detention of persons, Immigration status and procedures, Intergovernmental relations, Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Who Voted How on S5

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Vote Breakdown — S5

How members voted on S5. 26291 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.

Member Date Question Vote Result
Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-Maryland) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Boozman (R-Arkansas) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Michael F. Bennet (D-Colorado) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Cory A. Booker (D-New Jersey) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Jim Banks (R-Indiana) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Ted Budd (R-North Carolina) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Katie Boyd Britt (R-Alabama) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Cornyn (R-Texas) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Christopher A. Coons (D-Delaware) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John R. Curtis (R-Utah) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Steve Daines (R-Montana) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Not Voting Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-New York) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John W. Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Margaret Wood Hassan (D-New Hampshire) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Jon Husted (R-Ohio) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
James C. Justice (R-West Virginia) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Angus S. King (I-Maine) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Nay Resolution Agreed to (52-47)
John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) 2025-12-11 On the Resolution S.Res. 532 Yea Resolution Agreed to (52-47)

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