Legislation · 118th Congress · Nov 12, 2024

Where the 118th Congress’s bills stood at month 22

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How far 15,691 bills had gotten

At month 22 · Nov 12, 2024

In committee 14,388 92%
Sent to committee, never taken up13,457 86%Discussed in committee, not voted out931 6%Approved by committee554 4%Passed the House or Senate619 4%Passed the House and Senate12 <1%Vetoed12 <1%Became law106 <1%12 ceremonial

12 of 106 were ceremonial (post-office namings, coins, designations).

92% of the 118th Congress’s bills had not left committee at month 22. 1 in 148 had become law.

Excludes resolutions; includes ceremonial bills. House and Senate companions count once each. Congress.gov via GovInfo · to Nov 12, 2024 How we count stages How we classify bills

Shortcuts and dead ends

How endings are recorded

Endings

23Failed floor votevoted down in the House or Senate
12Vetoedby the President
12Veto upheldof the 12 vetoed
0Committee recommended against ita committee reported it unfavorably

Routes around committee

205Skipped committeeof the 749 that passed at least one chamber, with no committee report
44forced out of committee, by petition or Senate rule12 by petition or motion, 32 by Senate Rule XIV

Veto upheld is part of vetoed. A count of 0 has no list to open. Skipped committee usually means suspension of the rules or unanimous consent; discharge is by House petition or Senate Rule XIV.

How far bills get, by lobbying

Each group by stage reached · colors as in the bar above

No lobbying on file9,218 bills · 7% past committee
1 to 4 organizations lobbied5,538 bills · 8% past committee
5 or more organizations lobbied829 bills · 20% past committee

Bills that 5 or more organizations lobbied on got past committee about three times as often as bills with no lobbying on file.

Counts organizations that reported lobbying on a bill, once each, from filings made before the bill left committee. Only organizations with a PAC on file are counted (about 2,200), so universities, hospitals, local governments and most nonprofits are left out and “no lobbying on file” can include bills others lobbied on. Set aside: 106 must-pass bills (spending, defense, stopgap, budget) and the handful of bills lobbied by more organizations than almost any other (12 became law).

Lobbying disclosure filings public by that date · 118th at month 22 Method

How long they take

median days10th–90th

Introduced → approved by committee125 days
14,388 not yet approved by committee
Approved by committee → passed a chamber13 days
554 not yet passed a chamber
Passed one → passed both84 days
619 not yet passed the other chamber
Passed both → became law9 days
12 awaiting the President
06 mo1 yrCongress ends

Half of the bills a committee approved got there within 125 days.

Medians use only bills that made the step.

Action dates · 118th at month 22 Method

How long they are

Words (each step is 10 times longer) · bills per bar

median 530
2001k10k100k1M
ShortestH.R. 899To terminate the Department of Education.17 words
LongestH.R. 9161Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2024266,084 words

The median bill is 530 words; 3 are over 200,000.

Latest text version on file, which can be newer than this point in the Congress. 113 without text are left out; under 500 words is the first bar.

GovInfo bill text, latest version · 118th at month 22 Method

Every bill

482 bills · latest action first

Words: 5k–10kClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
H.R. 5145WISE Act of 2023DPramila Jayapal WAAug 4, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9.5k words440
S. 2892Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023Sponsor not on fileSep 21, 2023SubstantiveIn committee7k words63
H.R. 5586DEEPFAKES Accountability ActDYvette D. Clarke NYSep 20, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5k words11
H.R. 5595SCRUB Act of 2023RAshley Hinson IASep 20, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.9k words10
H.R. 5563Schedules That Work ActDRosa L. DeLauro CTSep 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.2k words392
S. 2841Register America to Vote Act of 2023DAmy Klobuchar MNSep 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.2k words81
S. 2846CARE for Moms ActDRichard J. Durbin ILSep 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.6k words22
S. 2851Schedules That Work ActDElizabeth Warren MASep 19, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.2k words152
S. 2834Healthy at Home Act of 2023DRichard Blumenthal CTSep 18, 2023SubstantiveIn committee9k words12
H.R. 5511Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2023DRobert C. "Bobby" Scott VASep 14, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.5k words70
H.R. 4472First Amendment Protection ActRKelly Armstrong NDJul 6, 2023SubstantiveIn committee7.1k words00
H.R. 5402Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery ActDRosa L. DeLauro CTSep 12, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.7k words181
S. 2769Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery ActDPatty Murray WASep 12, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.7k words251
S. 2272Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023IKyrsten Sinema AZJul 12, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.7k words71
H.R. 5361Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023DSharice Davids KSSep 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.2k words191
S. 1080Cooper Davis ActRRoger Marshall KSMar 30, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee5.2k words29
S. 359Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023DSheldon Whitehouse RIFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee6.1k words342
H.R. 5331Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2023DTed Lieu CASep 1, 2023SubstantiveIn committee7.3k words10
H.R. 5254Housing for All Act of 2023DTed Lieu CAAug 22, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8k words220
H.R. 5293Youth Voting Rights ActDNikema Williams GAAug 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.4k words680
H.R. 4689FASTER Act of 2023DScott H. Peters CAJul 17, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.9k words24
H.R. 4392PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023DAdam B. Schiff CAJun 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.8k words872
H.R. 5180Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers ActDRashida Tlaib MIAug 8, 2023SubstantiveIn committee8.4k words40
H.R. 4846Better Deals and Lower Prices ActRJodey C. Arrington TXJul 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee5.8k words01
H.R. 4972End Solitary Confinement ActDCori Bush MOJul 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee6.6k words280

Congress.gov bill status · 118th at month 22 · 25 bills a page · cosponsors and word counts are the latest on file