H.R. 29 · 119th Congress

Laken Riley Act

Introduced on Jan 3, 2025 by Mike Collins (R-GA-10). 54 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 10, 2025): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Cosponsors
54
1 from the other party
Policy area
Immigration
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Crimes against property
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Detention of persons
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
  • State and local government operations
  • Visas and passports

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025). Public domain.

Laken Riley Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.

Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a

  • decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;
  • failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;
  • failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;
  • violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or
  • failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike CollinsR-GA-10Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 53

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Jan 7, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 264–159

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H53-61)
  5. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 29.
  6. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  7. Jan 7, 2025 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 29, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Raskin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  8. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H61)
  9. Jan 7, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 159 (Roll no. 6). (text: CR H53-54)House · Roll call 6
  10. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 159 (Roll no. 6). (text: CR H53-54)House · Roll call 6
  11. Jan 7, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. Jan 8, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate.
  13. Feb 6, 2025 · SenateRead the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  14. Feb 10, 2025 · SenateRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.3 reports
  2. American Civil Liberties Union1 report
    $560K reported (all issues)
  3. CASA, Inc.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  4. Friends Committee on National Legislation1 report
    $1M reported (all issues)
  5. Heritage Action for America1 report
    $100K reported (all issues)
  6. Human Rights First1 report
    $67.5K reported (all issues)
  7. KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)
  8. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights1 report
    $660K reported (all issues)
  9. National Council of Jewish Women1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  10. THE GEO GROUP, INC.1 report
    $350K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE GEO GROUP, INC.$952.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Vanderbilt University1 report
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.