House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
PHONE Act of 2009
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2009
- Committee actionOct 7, 2009
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2009 · 418–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2009 — 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. 1110.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41360
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1110, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1110
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79a40503099bcb3b6a47b422fb9d7f9bffa16b746d683f5e6a10f5306be3e32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009” on October 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41360
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1110, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1110
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79a40503099bcb3b6a47b422fb9d7f9bffa16b746d683f5e6a10f5306be3e32
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. 111-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 2, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/321
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1110, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1110
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c79a40503099bcb3b6a47b422fb9d7f9bffa16b746d683f5e6a10f5306be3e32
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1110, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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 — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1514 (111th) Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2010
- H.R. 5932 (111th) Organized Retail Theft Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2010
- H.R. 738 (111th) Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2009
- H.R. 1064 (111th) Youth PROMISE Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.