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LAST ACTION SEP 30, 2026  UPDATED OCT 3
S.Res. 949SENATE RESOLUTION · 119TH CONGRESS119TH

A resolution designating October 12, 2026, as "National Loggers Day".

Designates October 12, 2026, as National Loggers Day to recognize the logging industry’s contributions.

WHERE IT STANDS

In the Senate Judiciary Committee since Sept. 30, 2026, 8 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.

  1. INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 30, 2026
  2. COMMITTEECOMM.IN COMMITTEE
  3. AGREED TOAGREED—
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WHAT IT DOES

What the bill would do, and why it matters

BASED ON THE TEXT AS INTRODUCED
tl;drWRITTEN OCT 4 FROM THE TEXT AS INTRODUCED

Logging supplies materials and is part of forest management. The resolution would have the Senate designate October 12, 2026, as National Loggers Day and recognize the industry’s contributions.

  • NON-BINDING A simple resolution carries no force of law. It expresses the chamber's opinion or sets internal rules — it does not bind agencies, the President, or anyone outside Congress.
  • COMMEMORATIVE This measure honors, congratulates or commemorates, or marks an observance such as an awareness day or month. It creates no legal obligations.
  • DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
WHAT IT WOULD DO · 1 PROVISIONINTRODUCED IN SENATE
  1. Designates National Loggers Day

    The resolution designates October 12, 2026, as “National Loggers Day.” It cites loggers’ roles in rural jobs, forest products, and forest management.

THE CONTEXT

The resolution cites logging’s importance to rural jobs, local and state revenue, forest products, and forest management. It also links healthy forests to wildlife habitat, protected watersheds, recreation, and reduced wildfire losses.

Written from the bill text.

KEY DATES
OCT. 12, 2026
National Loggers Day
TEXT VERSIONS
  1. ISIntroduced in SenateSEP 30, 2026177
THE JOURNEY

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FROM THE OFFICIAL ACTIONS ON CONGRESS.GOV
  1. IntroducedSEP 30, 2026
    SENATE
    SEP 30, 2026
    By Sen. Baldwin with 1 original cosponsor
    Referred to Judiciary
  2. SAME DAYNOW
    CommitteeSEP 30, 2026
    JUDICIARY NOW
    SEP 30, 2026
    In committee for 8 days
    No hearing yet
  3. 8 DAYS SO FAR
    Agreed to in the Senate—
    SENATE FLOOR
    —
    Not scheduled
KEY ACTIONS2 OF 2 · PROCEDURAL STEPS FOLDED
  1. SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026REFERREDReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026INTRODUCEDSENATESubmitted in Senate
YOUR MEMBERS

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WHO’S BEHIND IT · 1 COSPONSOR

Support from one state

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1 REPUBLICAN0 DEMOCRATS

Plus the sponsor, a Democrat. Every cosponsor is from one party.

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Plus the sponsor, a Democrat. Every cosponsor is from one party.

MOMENTUM
SEP 2026 · 1 ORIGINALNOW · 1

Sen. Baldwin’s record: sponsored 56 bills this Congress. 2 passed the Senate; 0 became law.

EVERY COSPONSOR · IN THE ORDER THEY JOINED1 ACTIVE
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