U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 247
On the Amendment
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Amendment Rejected · 42 Yea, 54 Nay
- Held
- September 28, 2026, 8:08 PM EDT
- Vote type
- Amendment
- Party-unity vote
- Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
- Official record
- www.senate.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Republican | Democrat | Independent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 9 | 31 | 2 | 42 |
| Nay | 40 | 14 | 0 | 54 |
| Not voting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (42)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Darline Graham (R-SC)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Nay (54)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Not voting (4)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)