Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2008
- Committee actionSep 11, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1109.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2838.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2838, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act” on September 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20285
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2838, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9f7159484303525310e397d0496a83191042bf7d4edcbf4c7d98f6d5785179b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2838, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act” on September 19, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20285
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2838, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9f7159484303525310e397d0496a83191042bf7d4edcbf4c7d98f6d5785179b
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. 110-518 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 1, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/518
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2838, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/2838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9f7159484303525310e397d0496a83191042bf7d4edcbf4c7d98f6d5785179b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2838, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT).
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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.