Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-41
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Became law on Jul 29, 2005.
Sponsor: Sen. James Jeffords I-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 21, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2005 · 428–3
- To the PresidentJul 28, 2005
- Became lawJul 29, 2005
Latest action: Aug 5, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 544.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 544, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005” on March 31, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 9, 2005.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16392
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 544, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/544
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a63597632566c65663dd68cc1e7e66028f0487f68f34baf6b26a6d6f2f85ee56
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 544, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005” on March 31, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16392
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 544, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/544
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a63597632566c65663dd68cc1e7e66028f0487f68f34baf6b26a6d6f2f85ee56
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 March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 544, last updated March 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
9 of 9 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Jeffords.
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- S. 1250 (109th) A bill to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000.
- S. 2054 (109th) A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the State of Vermont.
- S.Res. 118 (109th) A resolution recognizing June 2 through June 5, 2005, as the "Vermont Dairy Festival", in honor of Harold Howrigan for his service to his…
- S.Res. 241 (109th) A resolution designating September 2005, as "Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Awareness Month".
- S. 3591 (109th) High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006
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.