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House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

To provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.

H.R. 1170Introduced Mar 8, 1995Policy area: Law
Sponsor: Rep. Sonny Bono R-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 29, 1995 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1170.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1170, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

46 cosponsors — 46 Republicans

0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Michael Flanagan (R-IL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Melton Hancock (R-MO), Frederick Heineman (R-NC), Wally Herger (R-CA), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Steve Horn (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Jay Kim (R-CA) and 16 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sonny Bono.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-44 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.