A resolution designating November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to promote national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399; text: CR S8281)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Agreed to in SenateNov 20, 2025
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 20, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Nov 20, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399; text: CR S8281)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8399Text printed S8281 | Thom Tillis R-NC | Nov 20, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to promote national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Agreed to Senate
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