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Did Jon Husted sponsor the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act?

Matches stated record claim. Congress lists Senator Gary Peters as the sponsor and Husted as the only cosponsor; the two introduced it together and it became law in December 2025.

Jon Husted

The Great Lakes fishery act

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What they say

His office's release says the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act was sponsored by him and counts it as the third bill he spearheaded to be signed into law; its next sentence says Senator Gary Peters and he introduced it together on September 18, 2025.

“The Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act, sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), was passed by the United States House of Representatives”

Source: Office of Senator Jon Husted

In their own words, dated

“Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) today introduced the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act”

Sep 18, 2025, Office of Senator Jon Husted

What the record shows · Dec 26, 2025

Congress.gov records Senator Gary Peters as the sponsor of S. 2878, introduced September 18, 2025, and Husted as its only cosponsor, an original one. It passed the Senate on November 19 and the House on December 15, 2025, and became Public Law 119-67 on December 26, 2025, extending the Great Lakes fishery research authorization from 2025 to 2030.

Sources: Congress.gov, U.S. Government Publishing Office

Limit: Congress lists Senator Peters as the sponsor and Husted as its only original cosponsor. The two introduced it together, and it became law.

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