House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-199
Second Chance Act of 2007
Became law on Apr 9, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2007
- Committee actionMar 28, 2007
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2007 · 347–62
- Passed SenateMar 11, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentApr 7, 2008
- Became lawApr 9, 2008
Latest action: Apr 9, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-199.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1593.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1593, Second Chance Act of 2007” on April 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 28, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18570
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1593, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1593
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9db47a3a3c73295de002438884c25ac2fc120b7fa299d383132a9ed64c021ca2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1593, Second Chance Act of 2007” on April 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 28, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18570
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1593, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1593
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9db47a3a3c73295de002438884c25ac2fc120b7fa299d383132a9ed64c021ca2
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. 110-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 9, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 9, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/140
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1593, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1593
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9db47a3a3c73295de002438884c25ac2fc120b7fa299d383132a9ed64c021ca2
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 H.R. 1593, last updated August 10, 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
92 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 66 Democrats
26 of 92 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Trent Franks (R-AZ) and 62 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.