GOOD Act was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
IntroducedJan 24, 2025
ReportedAug 6, 2026
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 93 words.
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provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded.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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 13 of 156 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 2, from introduced in senate to reported to senate · 1,517 words
- Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archives
- Latest action
- Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 119th H.R. 1515 GOOD Act R · Passed one chamber
- 118th H.R. 890 GOOD Act R · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]