U.S. Senator

Tom Cotton 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
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB65

Introduced
1/9/25  
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB401

Introduced
2/4/25  
Fair Access to Banking Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SR53

Introduced
2/4/25  
This resolution recognizes the 80th anniversary of the amphibious landing of U.S. troops on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in 1945 and commemorates the historic raising of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi that occurred on February 23, 1945. Additionally, the resolution recognizes the 250th year since the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB382

Introduced
2/4/25  
Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB364

Introduced
2/3/25  
Hearing Protection Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB399

Introduced
2/4/25  
Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB558

Introduced
2/13/25  
Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB587

Introduced
2/13/25  
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB858

Introduced
3/5/25  
Refer
3/5/25  
Report Pass
12/17/25  
Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB851

Introduced
3/5/25  
GUARD Act Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents Act

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB34

Introduced
1/8/25  
Justice for 9/11 ActThis bill provides that any plea agreement entered into by Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi for actions involving the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and its related judgment must not preclude the trial of such individuals under other provisions of law for that attack. In any trial of such individuals, the death penalty must be available.In the case of any sentence imposed on Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, the individual must (1) be held at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in solitary confinement; (2) not be provided contact with foreign nationals; (3) not be provided with psychological treatment except that specifically authorized by medical authorities at Guantanamo Bay; and (4) not be transferred to the continental United States or any other country.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB384

Introduced
2/4/25  
RECOGNIZING Judea and Samaria Act Retiring the Egregious Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of Influence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and Samaria Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB936

Introduced
3/11/25  
WEST Act of 2025 Woke Endowment Security Tax Act of 2025