Legislative Watch
Bill Tracker
Track active legislation in real time. Bills are sourced directly from the 119th Congress via the Congress.gov API — live status, sponsors, chamber, and committee data, with no editorial filter.
What this tracker covers
This page follows bills and resolutions as they move through the 119th Congress. Every record links back to the official entry on Congress.gov, the legislative database maintained by the Library of Congress. We surface the latest action, the sponsoring member, the originating chamber, and where each measure sits in the legislative process — from introduction through committee, floor passage, and enactment.
Key facts
- Congress: 119th (current session)
- Data source: Congress.gov API (Library of Congress)
- Coverage: House and Senate bills, joint, concurrent, and simple resolutions
- Refresh cadence: Updates daily as new actions are recorded
Legislative status stages
Each bill is bucketed into a status stage derived from its latest recorded action. The table below explains what each stage means as a measure advances through Congress.
| Stage | What it means |
|---|---|
| Introduced | The bill has been introduced and assigned a number, but no further action has been taken. |
| In Committee | Referred to one or more committees or subcommittees, with hearings, markups, or a report pending. |
| Passed House | The bill has passed a floor vote in the House of Representatives. |
| Passed Senate | The bill has passed a floor vote in the Senate. |
| Enacted | Signed by the President (or passed over a veto) and became public law. |
| Vetoed | The President returned the bill to Congress without signing it. |
How bills are numbered
Bill identifiers encode the originating chamber and the type of measure. Knowing the prefix makes it easy to tell a House bill from a Senate resolution at a glance.
House measures
- H.R. — House bill
- H.J.Res. — House joint resolution
- H.Con.Res. — House concurrent resolution
- H.Res. — House simple resolution
Senate measures
- S. — Senate bill
- S.J.Res. — Senate joint resolution
- S.Con.Res. — Senate concurrent resolution
- S.Res. — Senate simple resolution
How a bill becomes a law
Most federal legislation follows the same path from idea to law. The steps below trace how a bill becomes a law in the U.S. Congress:
- Introduction. A member introduces the bill in the House or Senate, where it is assigned a number.
- Committee review. The bill is referred to a committee of jurisdiction, which may hold hearings, amend ("mark up"), and report it out — or let it die.
- Floor vote in the first chamber. If reported, the bill is debated and voted on by the full House or Senate.
- The second chamber. The other chamber repeats the process. Both chambers must pass identical text, reconciling differences in conference or through amendments.
- Presidential action. Once both chambers pass the same bill, it goes to the President, who can sign it into law or veto it. Congress can override a veto with a two-thirds vote in each chamber.
Live bills from the 119th Congress
The list below loads the most recently updated bills directly from the Congress.gov API, sorted by latest action. Use the filters to narrow by status or chamber, or search by bill number and title.
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Data source & methodology
Bill records are retrieved live from the Congress.gov API, the official legislative information service of the U.S. Congress, maintained by the Library of Congress. Status stages are inferred from each bill's most recent recorded action. Congress.gov data is in the public domain. This page is independent analysis and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. government.
Source: Congress.gov API · 119th Congress · Updates daily
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