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S. 252 Senate Government Operations and Politics

GOOD Act

Calendars and Scheduling
Introduced
Jan 24, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Johnson, Ron (R-WI)
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STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING

Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 565 on Sep 14, 2026.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate Jan 24, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Jan 24, 2025
  3. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Aug 6, 2026
  4. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Sep 14, 2026
  5. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565. Sep 14, 2026

Cosponsors

15

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archives

Committees

  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
    • [Reported By, Sep 14, 2026]
    • [Markup By, Aug 6, 2026]
    • [Referred To, Jan 24, 2025]

Summary

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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.

[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]

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