House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2005
- Committee actionMay 25, 2005
- Passed HouseOct 27, 2005 · 228–184
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2005 — 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. 420.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 420, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005” on June 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16567
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 420, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 420, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005” on June 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16567
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 420, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bed3493db0dc0f0765181e5c769859e35a0352b3b3967a89bc0ce5aa3e23b610
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. 109-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/123
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 420, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bed3493db0dc0f0765181e5c769859e35a0352b3b3967a89bc0ce5aa3e23b610
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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
57 cosponsors — 57 Republicans
0 of 57 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), K. Conaway (R-TX), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), John Culberson (R-TX), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Mark Green (R-WI), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Bob Inglis (R-SC) and 27 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.