S. 2212 119th Congress Senate

VISIBLE Act

Official title: A bill to amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require all immigration enforcement officers to display visible identification during pub… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: July 8, 2025 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Immigration

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 8, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4258-4259)

Jul 8, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4258-4259)

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 12

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

VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
for SAN DIEGO COUNTY · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
for FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
for SAN DIEGO COUNTY · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
for FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
for SAN DIEGO COUNTY · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
for FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12 filings
SENATE
12 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
7 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
7 filings
State, Dept of (DOS)
6 filings
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
2 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 23