House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Class Action Fairness Act of 2002
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2001
- Committee actionMar 7, 2002
- Passed HouseMar 13, 2002 · 233–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2002 — Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2341.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2341, Class Action Fairness Act of 2002” on March 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 7, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13535
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2341, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72cecd2821ddd0a23f673a0706ad3149008f89550b3e1a2dc674440aabc6c03a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2341, Class Action Fairness Act of 2002” on March 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 7, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13535
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2341, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72cecd2821ddd0a23f673a0706ad3149008f89550b3e1a2dc674440aabc6c03a
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-370 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/370
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2341, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72cecd2821ddd0a23f673a0706ad3149008f89550b3e1a2dc674440aabc6c03a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2341, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
56 cosponsors — 50 Republicans, 6 Democrats
7 of 56 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Mark Foley (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sam Graves (R-MO) and 26 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.