Bills · 119th Congress · Immigration

Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025

Also known as Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/31/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 6/26/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 246–160 on June 26, 2025 (Roll Call 183 →). Received in the Senate on June 27, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Passage · 6/26/25PassageThe vote on whether this chamber approves the measure — usually by a simple majority of those voting. It becomes law only once both chambers pass the same text and the president signs it, or Congress overrides a veto.House: The Legislative Process ↗
Passed
  • Democratic37 Yea · 160 Nay · 15 Not voting
  • Republican209 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025

This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.

The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.

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Sponsor
Rep. Barry Moore ( Republican · AL-1)
Cosponsors
23
Introduced
1/31/25
Policy area
Immigration

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 1/31/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/31/25Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  3. 2/26/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 2/26/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  5. 3/21/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-30.
  6. 3/21/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 19.
  7. 6/23/25Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 530 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, H.R. 875 and H. Res. 516. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3944 under a structured rule and H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H.Res. 516 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, and H.R. 875.
  8. 6/26/25Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 530. (consideration: CR H2984-2989)
  9. 6/26/25Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, H.R. 875 and H. Res. 516. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3944 under a structured rule and H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H.Res. 516 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, and H.R. 875.
  10. 6/26/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 875.
  11. 6/26/25The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  12. 6/26/25POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 875, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Raskin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  13. 6/26/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2993-2994)
  14. 6/26/25Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 160 (Roll no. 183). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2984-2985)
  15. 6/26/25On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 160 (Roll no. 183). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2984-2985)
  16. 6/26/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 6/27/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.