House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2003
- Committee actionMay 21, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2003 · 253–170
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1115.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1115, Class Action Fairness Act of 2003” on June 2, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 21, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14498
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1115, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23c487bf611bbd1110ff01f977bcbc258e0ac16028f67e400ee8b4a0b8b6e125
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1115, Class Action Fairness Act of 2003” on June 2, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 21, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14498
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1115, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23c487bf611bbd1110ff01f977bcbc258e0ac16028f67e400ee8b4a0b8b6e125
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. 108-144 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 9, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/144
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1115, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1115
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23c487bf611bbd1110ff01f977bcbc258e0ac16028f67e400ee8b4a0b8b6e125
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1115, 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
50 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 50 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Holden (D-PA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Ric Keller (R-FL) and 20 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.