Bill · S
S. 252 (119th)
GOOD Act
Original
Introduced
24 January 2025
Last action
6 August 2026 · Reported
Status
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sponsors
Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC], Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
8 August 2026
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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
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Timeline
24 January 2025
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2026
Reported
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 January 2025
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 January 2025
Sponsors
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← GOOD Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/252
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/252
- us · 119-s-252 · source updated 8 August 2026