U.S. Senate · January 20, 2025
Roll call 7 · 119th Congress, session 1
S. 5 — Laken Riley Act
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.
Passed
64 yes 35 no
The Senate said yes · recorded as “Bill Passed”
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
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.
