Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2007
- Committee actionSep 10, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1035.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1577.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1577, Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act” on September 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20257
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1577, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
372cd2b1ad55f59821d348f419933ad3cc94a92fecd8ffc07303a87792603dd4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1577, Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act” on September 17, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20257
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1577, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
372cd2b1ad55f59821d348f419933ad3cc94a92fecd8ffc07303a87792603dd4
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: S. Rept. 110-474 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on September 22, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/474
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1577, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
372cd2b1ad55f59821d348f419933ad3cc94a92fecd8ffc07303a87792603dd4
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 S. 1577, last updated February 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
16 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 12 Democrats
4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Bob Casey (D-PA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Carl Levin (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barack Obama (D-IL), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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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.