SEE LATEST
SPONSORED LEGISLATION
SB50 - Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act
Joni Ernst, John Barrasso, James Lankford
Last updated 2 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A bill to prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs controls, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#immigrationSB21 - REMOTE Act Requiring Effective Management and Oversight of Teleworking Employees Act
Joni Ernst, James Lankford, Marsha Blackburn
Last updated 2 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A bill to require each Executive department to establish policies and collect information regarding teleworking employees of the Executive department, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#government-operations-and-politicsSB22 - SWAMP Act Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act
Joni Ernst
Last updated 2 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A bill to establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#government-operations-and-politicsSB23 - DRAIN THE SWAMP Act Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nation-wide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices Act
Joni Ernst, James Lankford
Last updated 2 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A bill to require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#government-operations-and-politics
SB33 - SOPRA Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2025
Eric Schmitt, Ted Cruz, Kevin Cramer
Last updated 2 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB5 - Laken Riley Act
Katie Boyd Britt, James E. Risch, Eric Schmitt
Last updated about 2 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Passed
#immigration
SB53 - PRINTS Act Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension Act
Marsha Blackburn, Bill Cassidy, Steve Daines
Last updated 2 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to fingerprint noncitizen minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the number of such minors who are fingerprinted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and the number of child traffickers who are apprehended by CBP, to impose criminal penalties on noncitizen adults who use unrelated minors to gain entry into the United States, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#immigration
SB6 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
James Lankford, Jim Banks, John Thune
Last updated 2 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
STATUS
Introduced
#crime-and-law-enforcement
SB9 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Thomas H. Tuberville, James E. Risch, Ron Johnson
Last updated 2 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
STATUS
Introduced
#sports-and-recreationSB52 - End Child Trafficking Now Act
Marsha Blackburn, Bill Cassidy, Ted Cruz
Last updated 2 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a DNA test to determine the familial relationship between an alien and an accompanying minor.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from US Congress district SD-IA
COMMITTEES
US Senate
BIRTH
--
ABOUT
Joni Ernst is a prominent Republican Senator representing South Dakota in the U.S. Congress. Born on July 1, 1970, in Montgomery County, Iowa, she grew up on a farm and developed a strong work ethic rooted in her rural upbringing. Ernst graduated from Iowa State University and later served in the Iowa Army National Guard, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Her military background has shaped her political perspective, emphasizing national security and veterans’ issues. First elected to the Senate in 2014, Ernst is known for her focus on fiscal responsibility, agricultural policies, and women's issues, often speaking out on the importance of empowering women in leadership. She continues to serve her constituents with a commitment to conservative values and public service.read less
OFFICES HELD
US Senate from US Congress
NEXT ELECTION
