Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Tim Kaine
Democratic, Virginia
On Crime and Law Enforcement, the 32 measures they backed sit 2% past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 4 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
32 measures · 1 sponsored · 31 cosponsored
Sits 2% past the typical Democrat, on the far side from the typical Republican.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.39
- Democratic caucus median −0.37, from 39 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.25, from 35 senators
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
Votes on this issue
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
Voted Nay
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
1 measure this senator backed has no other backer on the map, so it is listed but not counted in the position from bills.
Sponsored
Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2026
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cosponsored
Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2665-2666)
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2417-2418; text: CR S2418)
A resolution designating the week of May 10 through May 16, 2026, as "National Police Week".
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2313; text: CR S2310)
Show the other 26 cosponsored measures
Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S733-734)
GUARD Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
A concurrent resolution recognizing the 15th anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors and victims, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a gun violence survivor and one of the most influential voices of courage in the United States in the fight to end gun violence.
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
Background Check Completion Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Background Check Expansion Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled "Declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia".
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2025 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3172-3173)
A resolution designating the week of May 11 through May 17, 2025, as "National Police Week".
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2901; text: CR S2898-2899)
Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
GOSAFE Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
BUMP Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Stop Comstock Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Keep Americans Safe Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Ethan's Law
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Age 21 Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 372.
Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S546)
A resolution condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S435-436)