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S. 256 119th Congress Senate

Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to require the President to publish a statement of reasons for pardons, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 25, 2025 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Jan 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Votes taken on this bill 2
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Mar 10, 2005 Senate · vote #44 On Passage of the Bill S. 256 Passed 74–25 See who voted →
Mar 8, 2005 Senate · vote #29 On the Cloture Motion S. 256 Agreed To 69–31 See who voted →
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 15

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

  • LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
    for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
    for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
    for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • SCHOENING STRATEGIES
    for FREEDOM HEALTHCARE D/B/A FREE2CARE · Texas · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
    for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
    for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 256: Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-256/
MLA
"S. 256: Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-256/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 256, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-256/.
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[S. 256: Pardon Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-256/)
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