Daines, Steve

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Voting record (250 recorded votes this Congress — most recent 20 shown)

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 09:42 PM · Bill Passed (77-22)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Nay S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 09:21 PM · Amendment Rejected (47-52)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Nay S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 08:41 PM · Amendment Rejected (49-50)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Nay S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 08:08 PM · Amendment Rejected (42-54, 3/5 majority required)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Nay S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 07:38 PM · Amendment Rejected (1-94)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 28, 2026, 06:41 PM · Amendment Agreed to (96-1)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 24, 2026, 11:46 AM · Cloture Motion Agreed to (74-25, 3/5 majority required)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 24, 2026, 10:48 AM · Amendment Agreed to (77-23)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Nay H.Con.Res. 89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

  Senate · September 24, 2026, 01:45 PM · Concurrent Resolution Rejected (49-50)

  This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S.

• Not Voting On the Nomination PN999-1

  Senate · September 23, 2026, 02:16 PM · Nomination Confirmed (50-47)

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 22, 2026, 06:37 PM · Cloture Motion Agreed to (70-21, 3/5 majority required)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea On the Cloture Motion PN999-1

  Senate · September 22, 2026, 05:42 PM · Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-43)

• Yea On the Cloture Motion PN999-4

  Senate · September 17, 2026, 12:54 PM · Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-47)

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 17, 2026, 12:00 PM · Motion to Proceed Agreed to (77-22)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea On the Nomination PN999-4

  Senate · September 17, 2026, 01:59 PM · Nomination Confirmed (49-45)

• Yea On the Nomination PN1093-3

  Senate · September 15, 2026, 11:15 AM · Nomination Confirmed (52-45)

• Yea S. 4668 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026

  Senate · September 15, 2026, 05:00 PM · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (74-24, 3/5 majority required)

  Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain…

• Yea H.R. 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

  Senate · September 15, 2026, 02:19 PM · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required)

  Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 or the CLARITY Act of 2025 This bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital commodities, defined by the bill as digital assets that rely upon a blockchain for their value.

• Yea On the Cloture Motion PN1093-3

  Senate · September 14, 2026, 05:31 PM · Cloture Motion Agreed to (47-46)

• Yea On the Nomination PN851-6

  Senate · May 20, 2026, 11:18 AM · Nomination Confirmed (52-47)

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Bills sponsored that became law

• A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.

  Enacted 2026-05-11