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S205Referred to Committee

Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
13
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Steve Daines
Steve Daines
Republican · MT · Senator
Votes with party: 34.4% (314 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/D000618

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (13)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)Original· 2025-01-23
  • James E. Risch (R-ID)Original· 2025-01-23
  • James Lankford (R-OK)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Jim Banks (R-IN)Original· 2025-01-23
  • John Boozman (R-AR)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Josh Hawley (R-MO)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Ted Budd (R-NC)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Tim Sheehy (R-MT)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)· 2025-01-29
  • Pete Ricketts (R-NE)· 2025-06-03
  • John Barrasso (R-WY)· 2026-03-12

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-01-23

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child who has Down syndrome. It subjects a violator to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
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