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

202 bills · latest action first

Words: 10k–20kClear all
BillTitleSponsorIntroducedTypeStageWordsCosponsorsLobbied by
S. 1354Child Care for Working Families ActDPatty Murray WAApr 27, 2023SubstantiveIn committee19k words322
H.R. 2764Green New Deal for Health ActDRo Khanna CAApr 20, 2023SubstantiveIn committee16k words271
S. 1229Green New Deal for Health ActDEdward J. Markey MAApr 20, 2023SubstantiveIn committee16k words21
H.R. 2604Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2023DLucy McBath GAApr 13, 2023SubstantiveIn committee15k words810
H.R. 1335TAPP American Resources ActRBruce Westerman ARMar 3, 2023SubstantiveApproved by committee20k words216
H.R. 1731LOAN ActDFrederica S. Wilson FLMar 22, 2023SubstantiveIn committee13k words91
S. 923Better Mental Health Care for Americans ActDMichael F. Bennet COMar 22, 2023SubstantiveIn committee11k words19
S. 948Healthy Moms and Babies ActRChuck Grassley IAMar 22, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words11
S. 883New Deal for New Americans Act of 2023DEdward J. Markey MAMar 21, 2023SubstantiveIn committee13k words00
H.R. 1493HCBS Access ActDDebbie Dingell MIMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words123
H.R. 1643New Deal for New Americans Act of 2023DGrace Meng NYMar 17, 2023SubstantiveIn committee13k words330
S. 819Fairness for Immigrant Families ActDCatherine Cortez Masto NVMar 15, 2023SubstantiveIn committee11k words00
S. 762HCBS Access ActDRobert P. Casey, Jr. PAMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words133
S. 766Pay Teachers ActIBernard Sanders VTMar 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee10k words60
H.R. 798Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2023DRo Khanna CAFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee14k words292
H.R. 1167Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2023DAlma S. Adams NCFeb 24, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words351
H.R. 980Washington, D.C. Residents Voting ActRH. Morgan Griffith VAFeb 10, 2023SubstantiveIn committee11k words01
S. 367ECON ActRJames E. Risch IDFeb 9, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words00
S. 270Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2023DCory A. Booker NJFeb 2, 2023SubstantiveIn committee16k words42
S. 136ISA Student Protection Act of 2023RTodd Young INJan 30, 2023SubstantiveIn committee19k words20
S. 96Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2023DCory A. Booker NJJan 26, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words72
S. 74Providing for Life Act of 2023RMarco Rubio FLJan 25, 2023SubstantiveIn committee13k words11
S. 42BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023DJon Tester MTJan 24, 2023SubstantiveIn committee12k words91
S. 51Washington, D.C. Admission ActDThomas R. Carper DEJan 24, 2023SubstantiveIn committee17k words353
S. 25Assault Weapons Ban of 2023DDianne Feinstein CAJan 23, 2023SubstantiveIn committee14k words334

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