CLARITY Act 2.0: Failed Senate Vote Opens Door to a Rewrite

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September 28, 2026

The Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, on September 15, 2026. That vote did not kill the bill, pass it, or send it anywhere near a presidential signature. It left the measure exactly where the record shows it now sits: passed House. But what’s next for the CLARITY Act?

The procedural record is unambiguous even where the political story around it isn’t. Rep. J. French Hill introduced the bill on May 29, 2025, and the House passed it 294-134 on July 17, 2025, a lopsided, bipartisan margin that made it the most credible market-structure vehicle to reach the Senate in years, a point worth remembering amid the broader market anxiety around stalled regulatory progress.