HR 29 · Laken Riley Act

Legislation· Feb 2025

HR 29 Passed House — in Senate

Laken Riley Act

Requires to detain non-citizens charged with theft crimes and lets states sue over immigration enforcement decisions.

Tradeoff

Mandates detention of non-citizens arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting without bail hearings. Gives states the power to sue the federal government over immigration enforcement failures or releases.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed this 264-159 on January 7, 2025. The bill is now in the Senate.

House
Introduced
(Jan 3, 2025)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Jan 3, 2025)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #6 · Jan 7, 2025)
264 yeanay 159
Senate
Received from the House
Received(Jan 8, 2025)

Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)
Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Austin Scott (R-GA)
Richard McCormick (R-GA)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Brian Babin (R-TX)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Nancy Mace (R-SC)
Ben Cline (R-VA)
Troy E. Nehls (R-TX)
Andrew Ogles (R-TN)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)
Brad Finstad (R-MN)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
Erin Houchin (R-IN)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Mike Ezell (R-MS)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
Burgess Owens (R-UT)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX)
Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Brian Jack (R-GA)
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Riley Moore (R-WV)
Wesley Hunt (R-TX)
Mark E. Green (R-TN)
Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
Troy Downing (R-MT)
John McGuire (R-VA)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
Brandon Gill (R-TX)
John W. Rose (R-TN)
Mark Messmer (R-IN)
Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
Andy Barr (R-KY)

Passage votes so far· Jan 7, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027

HousePassed264–159