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What Is the CLARITY Act and Has It Passed the Senate?

Live tracking of every legislative milestone of the US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) - from House introduction in May 2025 through Senate floor consideration in 2026.

As of August 12, 2026, the CLARITY Act has not passed the Senate. The House passed the bill 294-134 in July 2025. Senate Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on August 8, 2026, setting up a procedural floor vote for September 15 - the day after the Senate returns from recess. Sixty votes are needed to proceed, and the ethics provision remains unresolved.
Maintained by Giancarlo · Blockzeit Editorial Last updated: August 12, 2026
Senate status
Floor vote
Calendar No. 423
House vote
294-134
Jul 17, 2025
Next vote
Sep 15
Cloture procedural
Polymarket odds
~20%
Signed in 2026
Senate returns
Sep 14
From August recess
Legislative progress
Introduced
House vote
Senate committee
Senate floor
Signed
What happens next
Procedural vote scheduled for September 15 - final passage far from certain

Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed on August 8, just before the Senate left for recess. That filing locks in a procedural vote for September 15. But this vote only determines whether the Senate can begin debating the bill - it does not pass it. Sixty votes are needed to clear a filibuster. Republicans hold 53 seats. Three Democrats have already formally opposed the merged draft over the missing ethics provision, and seven Democratic votes are needed. If cloture fails in September, the bill moves into an October calendar compressed by midterm campaigns and spending deadlines. A bipartisan ethics compromise proposal - requiring officials to divest crypto holdings over $1 million representing more than 10% of a company's value - was sent to the White House but has not been adopted into the bill text.

Upcoming milestones
Sep 14, 2026Upcoming
Senate returns from August recess
The Senate reconvenes September 14. With cloture already filed by Thune before recess, the first procedural vote on the motion to proceed is scheduled for September 15.
Sep 15, 2026Upcoming
First procedural vote - cloture on motion to proceed
The first Senate floor vote on the CLARITY Act is scheduled for September 15. This vote does not pass the bill - it determines whether the Senate can begin debating it. Sixty votes are needed to invoke cloture. Republicans hold 53 seats and need at least 7 Democrats. Three have already formally opposed the merged draft.
Oct 2026Upcoming
State work period begins - calendar compression
The Senate's October state work period further compresses an already tight September window. If the bill does not clear cloture in mid-September, the campaign environment and spending bill negotiations make the remaining 2026 window very narrow.
Nov 3, 2026Upcoming
US midterm elections
Republicans hold the narrow congressional majorities that enabled every crypto policy win to date. A shift in power could push comprehensive digital asset legislation into 2027 at the earliest.
Timeline - newest first
Aug 8, 2026Senate
Senate adjourns without a vote - but Thune files cloture before leaving
The Senate adjourns for its August recess without holding a final vote on the CLARITY Act. But in a last-minute move, Majority Leader Thune files cloture on the motion to proceed just before the chamber leaves town. That filing keeps the bill alive and locks in a procedural vote for September 15 - the day after the Senate returns. Without this filing, the bill would likely have been declared dead for 2026.
Aug 6-7, 2026Senate
Thune confirms no August vote - but commits to September
Senate Majority Leader Thune confirms in a statement that there will be no CLARITY Act vote before the August recess. "The Dems are insistent on no Clarity vote... I worked with sponsors of the bill. Senator Lummis was great, and we're getting that queued up first thing when we come back," Thune says. Polymarket odds fall to roughly 20%. A bipartisan pair of senators separately sends the White House a compromise ethics proposal - requiring federal officials to divest digital asset holdings worth over $1 million that represent more than 10% of a company's value.
Aug 4-5, 2026Senate
72-hour countdown - bill absent from Senate floor schedule
The CLARITY Act does not appear on the Senate's Monday floor schedule. The only listed vote concerns H.R. 6500, an unrelated spending vehicle. No cloture motion has been filed for H.R. 3633 as of August 4. Grayscale and Stand With Crypto report supporters have contacted lawmakers over one million times urging a pre-recess vote. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper calls the bill a national security imperative.
Aug 3, 2026Senate
Thune publicly confirms a floor vote this week
Senate Majority Leader John Thune publicly commits to a Senate floor vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess - the first time leadership upgrades the bill from probable to scheduled. As of that statement, no cloture motion had been filed and the bill was still absent from the official floor calendar. Polymarket at 30%, Galaxy Research at 30%.
Late Jul 2026Senate
Murphy, Van Hollen, and Merkley formally oppose merged draft
After Senator Lummis releases a unified draft merging the Banking and Agriculture committee texts on July 22, three Democratic senators formally come out against the bill. Their objection: the merged draft omits the ethics provision Democrats have demanded throughout 2026. Republicans hold 53 seats - they need 7 Democrats for cloture, and every defection matters.
Jul 22, 2026Senate
Lummis releases unified merged text combining both Senate committee bills
Senator Lummis publishes the compromise text merging the Senate Banking Committee and Agriculture Committee versions. A prerequisite for a floor vote - but the ethics provision Democrats demanded is absent, drawing immediate opposition from key Democratic negotiators.
Jul 15, 2026Regulatory
SEC and CFTC publish joint guidance classifying 16 digital assets
The SEC and CFTC publish joint interpretive guidance classifying 16 digital assets across a five-category taxonomy. This is agency-level guidance only - any future administration can rescind it without a congressional vote. The CLARITY Act would replace this guidance with permanent federal statute, which survives a change of administration intact.
Jul 6, 2026Senate
Emergency meetings called after ethics and Section 604 talks collapse
Bipartisan negotiations break down on two fronts simultaneously: ethics talks stall and law enforcement objections to Section 604 (DeFi provisions) remain unresolved. Senate leaders hold emergency meetings to salvage the bill before recess. Galaxy Research cuts 2026 passage odds to 30%. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushes back hard against critics and demands Senate action.
Jul 1, 2026Senate
SEC Commissioner Peirce says she expects passage this summer
Sitting SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says publicly on the Searching for Mana podcast that she expects the CLARITY Act to pass the full Senate this summer. A former Senate Banking Committee staffer, Peirce knows exactly how many procedural gates remain.
Jun 19, 2026Senate
July 4th target officially missed
Lawmakers confirm the CLARITY Act will not make it by July 4th. The earliest realistic window shifts to after the two-week Independence Day recess ending July 12. Polymarket odds drop to 45%. Senator Lummis warns that failure before the August recess could push the next realistic window to 2030.
Jun 18, 2026House
House Agriculture chair commits to fast-track if Senate moves
Rep. Dusty Johnson, chair of the House Agriculture digital assets subcommittee, says the House will act quickly if the Senate passes the CLARITY Act before the August recess - a clear bicameral sequencing commitment.
Jun 17, 2026Senate
Gaming industry pushes to exclude sports prediction markets
Over 50 gaming groups write to the Senate demanding the CLARITY Act ban sports-related event contracts on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. Bill supporters worry the new demand will slow negotiations further.
Jun 13, 2026Senate
White House targets July 4th signing
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says the bill is making great progress and that Trump could sign it by July 4th. Eleanor Terrett calls the timeline realistically impossible on June 14, citing the ethics standoff and the 60-vote cloture math.
Jun 10, 2026Senate
Ethics talks hit a wall - Trump family $2.3B figure emerges
An independent probe finds the Trump family earned $2.3 billion from crypto ventures since January 2025. Democrats harden their position. A Senate Banking Committee minority staff analysis renews objections that the bill preserves pathways for the president to profit from crypto. Galaxy Digital cuts its own passage estimate to 60%.
Jun 1, 2026Senate
CLARITY Act placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar
The bill lands on General Orders Calendar No. 423 - formally eligible for a full Senate floor vote for the first time in its history.
May 29, 2026Senate
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon comes out against the bill
Dimon says banks will fight the CLARITY Act because it allows crypto companies to pay deposit-like interest without proper AML requirements. Senator Lummis fires back, saying Dimon misunderstood the updated text.
May 14, 2026Senate
Senate Banking advances the bill - 15 to 9
All 13 committee Republicans plus Democrats Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks vote to advance. Both explicitly reserve judgment on floor support pending resolution of the ethics provision. Bitcoin crosses $81,000 intraday on the news. Digital asset funds record $857.9 million in net inflows around the markup.
May 12, 2026Senate
Senate Banking unveils final CLARITY Act text
Chairman Tim Scott releases the committee text hours before a formal hearing. DeFi treatment and stablecoin yields remain unresolved. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly withdraws support. Developer safe harbor provisions are included.
Mar 17, 2026Regulatory
SEC and CFTC issue first joint crypto classification guidance
The SEC and CFTC issue joint interpretive guidance classifying 16 digital assets including XRP across a five-category taxonomy. Agency-level only - reversible by any future administration without a congressional vote.
Feb 2026Regulatory
NCUA and Federal Reserve develop stablecoin rules
The National Credit Union Administration publishes proposed stablecoin rules. The Federal Reserve begins developing its own framework. All four primary federal regulators now working toward the July 18 implementing regulations deadline.
Jan 29, 2026Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee advances its version 12 to 11
The Agriculture Committee advances the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act along party lines. Democrats raise ethics and DeFi concerns during markup. Two Senate committees now have competing texts that must be reconciled before a floor vote.
Jan 12, 2026Senate
Senate Banking releases updated bill with stablecoin yield compromise
The revised draft bans straight interest payments on stablecoin balances but allows activity-linked rewards. A deliberate compromise to calm banking lobby concerns about deposit outflows estimated at $500 billion to $6 trillion.
Dec 12, 2025Regulatory
OCC conditionally approves five crypto bank charters
The OCC grants conditional approvals to five national trust bank charter applications from firms seeking to issue or custody stablecoins. A new wave of crypto-native banks enters the regulated system.
Dec 11, 2025Regulatory
FDIC first to publish stablecoin application rules
The FDIC becomes the first federal regulator to publish concrete proposed rules under the GENIUS Act, establishing how FDIC-supervised state banks can apply to issue payment stablecoins through subsidiaries.
Sep 19, 2025Regulatory
Treasury opens public comment on GENIUS Act rules
The Treasury Department issues a proposed rulemaking on AML obligations, reserve standards, and foreign stablecoin issuer criteria. The compliance clock starts ticking for the industry.
Sep 9, 2025Senate
12 Senate Democrats release their own crypto framework
A bipartisan group of Democratic senators publishes a crypto market structure framework that flags ethics concerns around officials holding crypto - a tension that dominates all 2026 negotiations.
Sep 5, 2025Senate
Competing RFIA draft published by Senate Banking
The Senate Banking Committee drops a 182-page alternative - the Responsible Financial Innovation Act - giving the SEC more discretion than the House bill. The SEC-versus-CFTC jurisdiction question becomes the central fault line between chambers.
Jul 22, 2025Senate
Senate Banking releases first 278-page discussion draft
Senators Tim Scott and Cynthia Lummis release the Senate's first formal response to the House bill for public comment. The first concrete signal the Senate can move on market structure legislation.
Jul 17, 2025House
House passes CLARITY Act - 294 to 134
The House passes the CLARITY Act during Crypto Week with more than 70 Democratic votes. The CFTC gets exclusive jurisdiction over digital commodity spot markets; the SEC retains oversight of investment contract assets.
Jul 17, 2025Signed
GENIUS Act signed into law
Trump signs the GENIUS Act - the first federal stablecoin law in US history. Reserve requirements, audit obligations, and consumer protections now on the books. Full framework takes effect January 2027 or 120 days after implementing regulations are finalized.
May 29, 2025House
CLARITY Act introduced in the House
Rep. French Hill brings the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to the House Financial Services Committee. The bill draws a clear boundary between digital commodities and securities, aiming to end the SEC-CFTC turf war that has held back US crypto markets for years.
Frequently asked questions
What is the CLARITY Act?
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) is a US bill that would establish a permanent federal regulatory framework for digital assets. It defines which cryptocurrencies fall under SEC oversight (investment contract assets) and which fall under CFTC oversight (digital commodities), ending years of enforcement-driven ambiguity.
Has the CLARITY Act passed the Senate?
No. As of August 12, 2026, the CLARITY Act has not passed the Senate. The House passed it 294-134 in July 2025. The Senate Banking Committee advanced it 15-9 in May 2026. Senate Majority Leader Thune filed cloture on August 8, 2026, setting up a procedural vote for September 15, 2026.
What is the September 15 vote on the CLARITY Act?
The September 15 vote is a procedural vote on cloture - it determines whether the Senate can begin debating the bill, not whether it passes. Sixty votes are required to invoke cloture and overcome a filibuster. Republicans hold 53 seats, so at least seven Democrats must vote yes.
What is blocking the CLARITY Act from passing?
Three issues remain unresolved: the ethics provision (Democrats want restrictions on officials holding crypto assets while in office, citing the Trump family's $2.3 billion in crypto earnings since January 2025), DeFi treatment under Section 604, and stablecoin yield rules. Without an ethics agreement, the seven Democratic votes needed for cloture are unlikely.
What happens if the CLARITY Act fails in September 2026?
If the bill fails to clear cloture in September, it moves into an October calendar compressed by state work periods and midterm campaign commitments. A failed 2026 vote would not kill the bill permanently, but Senator Lummis has warned it could push comprehensive US crypto market-structure legislation to 2027 or later.
How does this tracker work?
This tracker logs every significant legislative milestone for the CLARITY Act, sourced from congressional records, official regulator publications, and verified press releases. It is updated by Blockzeit's editorial team whenever a new milestone occurs.
House
Senate
Signed / enacted
Regulatory
Upcoming
Sources: congressional records (Congress.gov), SEC and CFTC filings, official press releases Last updated: August 12, 2026

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