House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Ellison D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2009
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1247.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.896, which became Public Law 111-22 on 5/20/2009.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
439094318ea4f966e302e7b25ccde14e42b78028cbc27ba34c104e8be96ae80a
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.