Bill · 119th Congress
S. 252
GOOD Act
- 01 Introduced
- 02 Committee
- 03 Passed Senate
- 04 Passed House
- 05 To President
- 06 Law
Latest action · Sep 14, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
What this bill does
Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act
This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.
The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.
Congressional Research Service · Introduced in Senate · Jan 24, 2025
How Congress voted
No recorded votes yet. Many bills pass by voice vote or unanimous consent, where no one's individual vote is written down.
Timeline
- Sep 14, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
- Sep 14, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Aug 6, 2026Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 24, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jan 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
15 members
- Marsha BlackburnR-TN
- Ted BuddR-NC
- Kevin CramerR-ND
- Joni ErnstR-IA
- John HoevenR-ND
- James LankfordR-OK
- Mike LeeR-UT
- Cynthia M. LummisR-WY
- Roger MarshallR-KS
- James E. RischR-ID
- Eric SchmittR-MO
- Rick ScottR-FL
- Tim SheehyR-MT
- Thom TillisR-NC
- David McCormickR-PA
Details
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