James Lankford

Legislative record

James Lankford has served in Congress since 2011: in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015, and in the Senate since 2015. Congress.gov lists 684 bills and resolutions sponsored and 2,435 cosponsored by James Lankford. Leadership roles on record: Republican Policy Committee Chairman (113th Congress).

Sponsored

684

Cosponsored

2,435

Terms in Congress

• House · OK-5 — 2011–2015
• Senate · OK — 2015–now

Recently sponsored bills

• S. 5667 (119th Congress) — Ending Birthright Citizenship in U.S. Territories Act
  Introduced Sep 30, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 30, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• S. 5573 (119th Congress) — Religious Education Fairness Act
  Introduced Sep 29, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 29, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• S.Res. 912 (119th Congress) — A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.
  Introduced Sep 28, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 28, 2026): Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (consideration: CR S5074)
• S.Res. 915 (119th Congress) — A resolution recognizing the nationwide impact of Prison Fellowship on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
  Introduced Sep 28, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 28, 2026): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5123; text: CR S5075-5076)
• S. 5562 (119th Congress) — Jimmy Lai Internet Freedom Act
  Introduced Sep 24, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 24, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
• S.Res. 896 (119th Congress) — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of religious freedom, authoritative texts, and transparency in artificial intelligence systems.
  Introduced Sep 23, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 23, 2026): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4958; text: CR S4951)
• S.Res. 890 (119th Congress) — A resolution remembering, on the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, the countless lives the Chinese Communist Party has destroyed and the people currently living in fear of its tyrannical ambitions.
  Introduced Sep 23, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 23, 2026): Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4949)
• S.Res. 861 (119th Congress) — A resolution congratulating the University of Oklahoma baseball team for winning the 2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Baseball Championship, the third national championship in program history.
  Introduced Sep 16, 2026
  Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4762-4763; text: CR S4761)
• S.Res. 845 (119th Congress) — A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Child Awareness Month" to promote awareness of charities that benefit children as well as youth-serving organizations throughout the United States and recognizing the efforts made by those charities and organizations on behalf of children and youth as critical contributions to the future of the United States.
  Introduced Aug 7, 2026
  Latest action (Aug 7, 2026): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4553; text: CR S4569)
• S. 1390 (119th Congress) — Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act
  Introduced Apr 9, 2025
  Latest action (Apr 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress), updated Oct 31, 2026. Counts cover all Congresses on record.

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