Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2003
- Committee actionSep 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1217.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1217, Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls Act of 2004” on October 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16088
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1217, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
538b85e95a415efd35c08487cdabba5f130042c5a0944c11ccf6ffd76d880236
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1217, Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls Act of 2004” on October 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16088
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1217, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
538b85e95a415efd35c08487cdabba5f130042c5a0944c11ccf6ffd76d880236
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: S. Rept. 108-395 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on October 8, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/395
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1217, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
538b85e95a415efd35c08487cdabba5f130042c5a0944c11ccf6ffd76d880236
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 S. 1217, last updated April 21, 2025. 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
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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.