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Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act

Introduced: April 28, 2025 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 10, 2025

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Dec 10, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 294.

Jul 30, 2025

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Apr 28, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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What's happening now December 10, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 294.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider S.854, to amend title 31, United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Secu…
Meeting Jul 30, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.
for CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.
for CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
P STREET PROJECT, INC.
for P STREET PROJECT, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
for TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

Cosponsors 5

Cortez Masto, Catherine

Nevada · Apr 28, 2026

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Dec 9, 2025

Ossoff, Jon

Georgia · Jul 30, 2025

Peters, Gary C.

Michigan · Jul 30, 2025

Moreno, Bernie

Ohio · Apr 28, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1498: Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1498/

MLA

"S. 1498: Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1498/.

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S. 1498, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1498/.

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