Urged his colleagues to support his bill, the “Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act.”
Work to pass the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act.
Occurrences
Evidence
Daines' office said he gave a Senate floor speech and urged colleagues to support his bill, the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act. In the prepared remarks, Daines said he introduced the bill to ban doctors from performing abortions because of a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis and urged colleagues to vote for it.
Daines' official news index listed the June 23, 2026 item stating that he gave a Senate floor speech commemorating Dobbs and urged colleagues to support his bill, the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act.
Daines' office said he introduced a resolution commemorating the fourth anniversary of Dobbs and that there remained more work to be done on abortion-related policy. The release also linked back to his Senate floor speech from the prior day.
Assessments
Daines took concrete same-term legislative action by introducing and publicly urging support for the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act, including a Senate floor speech in June 2026. However, the provided record shows advocacy and continued abortion-policy work, not passage or enactment of the Act. Under the instruction for serious legislative attempts that fail to deliver the promised outcome, this is not fulfilled but merits an effort badge.