CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 124

119th Congress · Session 1 · March 13, 2025

A vote to end debate and allow a final vote

In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.

What was being voted on

119-S-331 — HALT Fentanyl Act

This bill permanently places all fentanyl-related substances into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The legislation creates streamlined and expedited registration processes for researchers studying these controlled substances. It allows certain research institutions to share registrations among employees and use a single registration for multiple sites within the same city or county. The bill also explicitly applies federal criminal penalties for manufacturing, distributing, importing, or exporting to any fentanyl-related substance.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Cloture Motion S. 331
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
Yea: 84Nay: 15Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D301401
Independent I1100
Republican R53000
Official record
How each member voted (100)
84 yea, 15 nay, 1 not voting