CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

House Roll Call 23

119th Congress · Session 1 · January 22, 2025

The vote on whether to pass the bill

This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President.

What was being voted on

119-S-5 — Laken Riley Act

This legislation requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain inadmissible aliens into custody if they are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to committing burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or any crime resulting in death or serious bodily injury. The bill mandates that the Secretary of Homeland Security issue a detainer for these individuals and take them into custody if they are not already detained by other officials.

The House recorded this as
On Passage
Laken Riley Act
Result: Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 263Nay: 156Not Voting: 14433 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D46156013
Republican R217001
Official record
How each member voted (433)
263 yea, 156 nay, 14 not voting