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Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson.

S. 300Introduced Feb 4, 2003Policy area: Commemorations
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 20, 2003 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 300.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 300, last updated April 7, 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

69 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 41 Democrats, 1 independent

28 of 69 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

Lamar Alexander (R-TN), A. Allard (R-CO), George Allen (R-VA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Kent Conrad (D-ND), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI) and 39 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Kerry.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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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.