Congress·Passed House·H.R. 1515

GOOD Act

Government Transparency: Publishing Agency Guidance Online

Mar 4, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: The SenateNo action in 16 months

The House passed this bill and sent it to the Senate in March 2025. It is now waiting for the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to take action. Nothing has happened with this bill since March 2025, so it is considered stalled.

Legislative Progress

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Likely to pass

This bill passed the House and focuses on government transparency, which usually gets support from both parties in the Senate.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 890 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 890 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill requires every federal agency to put its guidance documents in one easy-to-find place on the internet. These documents include things like memos, news releases, and blog posts that explain how the agency follows the law or interprets rules.
Agencies would have to post new documents the same day they are released. They would also have about six months to upload all their old documents that are still being used so the public can see them.
If a policy is canceled or changed by a court, the agency must keep the old version online but clearly mark it as canceled. This helps people see how rules have changed over time and prevents confusion about which rules are still active.
The goal is to make the government more transparent. Right now, these documents can be hard to find, which makes it difficult for regular people and small businesses to know exactly what the government expects of them.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

3 milestones9 actions

Mar 4, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Mar 3, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Mar 3, 2025House

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)

The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.

Mar 3, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H928-929)

The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.

Mar 3, 2025House

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1515.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

GOOD Act

Bill NumberHR 1515

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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