No Payola Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2025 to Nov 19, 2025; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 19, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Nov 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 193, November 17, 2025, page H4705.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-18 | CFTC REAUTHORIZATION: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES156 pages | Agriculture Committee | Dec 11, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49049 | Legislative Branch: FY2027 Appropriations | Report | Jul 30, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Payola Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
