Congress·Passed Senate·S. 736

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act

Prison Safety: New Penalties for Smuggling Phones

Feb 26, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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This bill was recently introduced in the Senate and is currently being reviewed by the Committee on the Judiciary. It is in the early stages of the lawmaking process and is considered active. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.

Legislative Progress

✓ Senate

House

President

Law

Likely to pass

This bill has strong support from both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. It addresses a clear safety issue that both parties usually agree on.

How we got here

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

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 4142 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 4142 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill makes the punishment tougher for people who sneak cell phones into federal prisons. If someone is caught providing a phone to an inmate, they could face up to two years in prison.
The goal is to stop inmates from using smuggled phones to run criminal activities or coordinate violence from behind bars. This helps keep both prison staff and the public safer.
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons must look at current rules about banned items. Within one year, they have to update these rules to better protect prisoners and workers.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

6 milestones10 actions

Jun 15, 2026House

Held at the desk.

Jun 15, 2026House

Received in the House.

The House has received the Senate-passed bill and will decide whether to take it up.

Jun 12, 2026Senate

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jun 10, 2026Senate

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2723, S2726; text: CR S2726)

The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.

Jun 10, 2026

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act

Bill NumberS 736

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionHeld at the desk.

Data Sources

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Sponsor

Cosponsors

(17)

D: 9R: 8

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