S 2896 — STARS Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-09-18
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors (1)
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D, CO-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline (2)
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-09-18 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 1 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R48473 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Hickenlooper, John W. | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hickenlooper, John W. (D, senate CO) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 1,838 | $1,303,259 | $1,303,259 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 248 | $268,041 | $268,041 |
| 3 | charter communications | 0 | $0 | 15 | $47,350 | $47,350 |
| 4 | nextera energy | 0 | $0 | 15 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| 5 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 8 | $24,500 | $24,500 |
| 6 | comcast | 0 | $0 | 16 | $19,500 | $19,500 |
| 7 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 5 | $16,500 | $16,500 |
| 8 | brownstein hyatt farber schreck, llp | 0 | $0 | 19 | $14,750 | $14,750 |
| 9 | u.s. senate | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 10 | intermediate capital group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 11 | ariel investments | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 12 | anthropic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 13 | clifford law offices | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 14 | idt | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 15 | bbr partners | 0 | $0 | 2 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 16 | kkr | 0 | $0 | 3 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 17 | cornerstone government affairs | 0 | $0 | 5 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 18 | paradigm | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 19 | cooney and conway | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 20 | cassidy & associates | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 21 | apollo management | 0 | $0 | 2 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 22 | comcast corporation | 0 | $0 | 5 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 23 | union square hospitality group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 24 | sierra nevada corporation | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,200 | $8,200 |
| 25 | berkshire partners | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D · senate · CO) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-25 · Cited in GAO report R48473 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hickenlooper, John W. (cosponsor) · sponsorship