PROTECT Immigration Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2025 to Jul 13, 2026; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Original | Dec 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Feb 5, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 13, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 214, December 18, 2025, page H6117.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PROTECT Immigration Act of 2025
- Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 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.
