U.S. Senator

John Thune 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB9

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities.) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal 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 Act

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR7

This resolution establishes 12:00 pm (noon) as the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR1

This resolution establishes a committee to inform the President that a quorum of each chamber of Congress is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive communications from him.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR14

This resolution elects Robert M. Duncan of the District of Columbia as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SCR2

Introduced
1/3/25  
This concurrent resolution establishes the day, time, and manner for counting electoral votes for President and Vice President as January 6, 2025, at 1:00 pm. The concurrent resolution provides that the results of the count shall be delivered to the President of the Senate and entered on the journals of Congress.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR5

A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR3

This resolution elects Charles E. Grassley, a Senator from Iowa, to be President pro tempore of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR9

This resolution resolves that the President be notified of the election of Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SCR1

Introduced
1/3/25  
This concurrent resolution reauthorizes the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies relating to the January 20, 2025, Presidential inauguration. The reauthorization is effective beginning January 3, 2025.The joint committee is authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, including using the Capitol rotunda and Emancipation Hall for such proceedings and ceremonies.The joint committee was established during the 118th Congress and consists of three Senators and three Members of the House of Representatives.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR10

This resolution provides for the House of Representatives be informed of the election of Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR2

This resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR8

This resolution elects Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR11

This resolution elects Jennifer A. Hemingway of Georgia as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR13

This resolution provides for the Senate to notify the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Jennifer A. Hemingway as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.