House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2003
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2003
- Committee actionSep 10, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2003 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 191.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2134.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2134, Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2003” on October 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14821
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2134, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec72ab1ee6aa23c31b08825f646095dc74a6f2ddced6bd31144d78783e72e891
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2134, Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2003” on October 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14821
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2134, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec72ab1ee6aa23c31b08825f646095dc74a6f2ddced6bd31144d78783e72e891
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. 108-316 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 15, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/316
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2134, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec72ab1ee6aa23c31b08825f646095dc74a6f2ddced6bd31144d78783e72e891
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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
37 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 37 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Brad Carson (D-OK), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Davis (D-FL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Phil English (R-PA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), John Mica (R-FL), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), C. L. Otter (R-ID) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ric Keller.
- H.R. 339 (108th) Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act
- H.R. 1329 (108th) Recreational Marine Employment Act of 2003
- H.R. 2135 (108th) Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act of 2003
- H.R. 3385 (108th) No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders Act
- H.R. 464 (108th) IDEA Paperwork Reduction Act of 2003
- H.R. 3869 (108th) Pride in the Lunch Line Act of 2004
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.