U.S. Senate · March 6, 2025
Roll call 110 · 119th Congress, session 1
S. 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act
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.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
82 yes 12 no
The Senate said yes
Needed three-fifths (60 of 100 senators), the bar for ending debate.
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.
