S 380 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

GOOD Act

Introduced Feb 7, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Ron Johnson R-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 25, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act

This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must (1) publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, (2) publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, (3) display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and (4) indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.

The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2019 to Mar 25, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAJoni ErnstFeb 11, 2019
D-AZKyrsten SinemaFeb 13, 2019
R-OKJames LankfordFeb 14, 2019
R-TXTed CruzMar 14, 2019
R-INMike BraunMar 25, 2019
R-NCThom TillisMar 25, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-12.
  2. Mar 25, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
  3. Feb 13, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
  5. Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7396GOOD ActRelated billJun 26, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2019Reported to Senate
  2. Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate

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