Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-68
A bill to amend the Protect Act to clarify certain volunteer liability.
Became law on Aug 1, 2003.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2003
- Committee actionJul 10, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 14, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2003 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 23, 2003
- Became lawAug 1, 2003
Latest action: Aug 1, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-68.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1280.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1280, An act to amend the PROTECT Act to clarify certain volunteer liability” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on July 14, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14652
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1280, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bb5d38ea3e47432babb4c96a8587240b68cbba36847e2726963eef7a7eb33066
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1280, An act to amend the PROTECT Act to clarify certain volunteer liability” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on July 14, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14652
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1280, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bb5d38ea3e47432babb4c96a8587240b68cbba36847e2726963eef7a7eb33066
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1280, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch.
- S. 2363 (108th) A bill to revise and extend the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
- S. 151 (108th) PROTECT Act
- S. 2192 (108th) Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004
- S. 2742 (108th) A bill to extend certain authority of the Supreme Court Police, modify the venue of prosecutions relating to the Supreme Court building…
- S. 2883 (108th) Prevention of Child Abduction Partnership Act
- S. 1177 (108th) PACT Act
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.