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John Kennedy 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB368

Introduced
2/3/25  
BLOCK Act Bureaucratic Limitation and Overreach Control Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB379

Introduced
2/4/25  
No Red and Blue Banks Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB397

Introduced
2/4/25  
Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB447

Introduced
2/6/25  
Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act This bill establishes work requirements under Medicaid for able-bodied adults. Specifically, the bill requires individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 65 and who are not otherwise unable to work due to a medical condition, family situation, or other listed reason to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week, based on a monthly average, in order to qualify for Medicaid.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB477

Introduced
2/6/25  
Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act of 2025This bill modifies the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, imports, exports, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl.Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.Additionally, the bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to increase the availability of chemical screening devices and dedicate the appropriate number of personnel to interdict fentanyl and other substances that are unlawfully imported into the United States.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB478

Introduced
2/6/25  
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB519

Introduced
2/11/25  
No Propaganda Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB557

Introduced
2/12/25  
1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB577

Introduced
2/13/25  
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB401

Introduced
2/4/25  
Fair Access to Banking Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB470

Introduced
2/6/25  
Respect State Housing Laws Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB475

Introduced
2/6/25  
Alternatives to PAIN Act Alternatives to Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB5

Introduced
1/6/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Enrolled
1/23/25  
Passed
1/29/25  
Chaptered
1/29/25  
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 on a case-by-case basis; orfailure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB587

Introduced
2/13/25  
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB592

Introduced
2/13/25  
Simplifying Subcontracting Act