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Senior Senator for California. Democrat.</p> </div> <div class="col-3 col-md-2" style="padding-right: 0;"> <a href="/congress/bills/118/s5091/text"> <img src="/congress/bills/118/s5091/_text_image" class="img-fluid" alt="Thumbnail of bill text" style="border: 1px solid #999;"/> </a> </div> <div class="col-7 col-md-4"> <a href="/congress/bills/118/s5091/text">Read Text »</a> <small><br>Last Updated: Sep 18, 2024 <br>Length: 22 pages </small> </div> </div>  <div class="property-panel"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2"> <span>Introduced</span> </div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10"> Sep 18, 2024<br> 118<sup>th</sup> Congress (2023–2025) </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2"> <span>Status</span> </div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10"> <p> <strong>Introduced</strong> on <strong>Sep 18, 2024</strong> </p> <p>This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on September 18, 2024. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.</p> <p style="margin-top: .25em">Other activity may have occurred on another bill with identical or similar provisions.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2"> <span>Cosponsors</span> </div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10"> <p> <a href="/congress/bills/118/s5091/cosponsors" role="tab"> 9 Cosponsors</a> (9 Democrats) </p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2"> <span>Prognosis</span> </div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10"> <span > 1% chance</span> of being enacted (<a href="#" onclick="new bootstrap.Modal('#prognosis-details').show(); return false;" style="font-weight: normal;">details</a>) </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2"> <span>Source</span> </div> <div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10"> <a href="https://congress.gov/bill/118-congress/senate-bill/5091">Congress.gov</a> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div>  <div id="admin_panel"> </div> <div class="ads footer leaderboard" data-zone="footer"> <div class="explainer">(<a href="/advertising">About Ads</a> | <a href="/accounts/membership">Hide These Ads</a>)</div> </div> <div id="bill-history" style="margin: 30px 0;"> <h2><span>History</span></h2> <table id="status-row-grid"> <tr class="status-item pending related-bill"> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> <span class="nowrap">Jun 10, 2021</span> </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_introduced">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Earlier Version — Introduced </div> <p>This activity took place on a related bill, <a href="/congress/bills/117/s2004">S. 2004 (117th)</a>.</p> <hr style="margin-bottom: 0"> </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item "> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> <span class="nowrap">Sep 18, 2024</span> </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_introduced">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Introduced </div> <p> Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. </p> <p class="links"> <a href="/congress/bills/118/s5091/text/is" >Read Text »</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item pending"> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> </div> </td> <td></td> <td style="padding: .25em 0 1em 0;"> If this bill has further action, the following steps may occur next: </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item pending "> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> — </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_reported">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Passed Committee </div> <p> </p> <p class="links"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item pending "> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> — </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_pass_over_senate">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Passed Senate </div> <p> </p> <p class="links"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item pending "> <td class="date ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> — </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_passed_bill">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Passed House </div> <p> </p> <p class="links"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr class="status-item pending "> <td class="date last ghosted"> <div class="wrapper"> — </div> </td> <td> <div class="img status_enacted_signed">   </div> </td> <td class="status-description"> <div class="status-label" title=""> Signed by the President </div> <p> </p> <p class="links"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div>  <div class="card bg-info"> <div class="card-body">  <span class="fas fa-circle-info" aria-hidden="true" style="float: right; font-size: 150%; color: white; margin: -2px"></span> <h3 style="margin: 0 0 5px 0; font-weight: bold;">S. 5091 is a bill in the United States Congress.</h3> <p>A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.</p> <p>Bills numbers restart every two years. 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