House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Committee actionMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2009 · 391–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 20.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act” on March 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20528
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8048a6ab7482c1d7b3600cd7dd7aa47da2097be394778bd73b1f7aa908c18222
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act” on March 19, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20528
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8048a6ab7482c1d7b3600cd7dd7aa47da2097be394778bd73b1f7aa908c18222
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. 111-48 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/48
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 20, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/20
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8048a6ab7482c1d7b3600cd7dd7aa47da2097be394778bd73b1f7aa908c18222
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 20, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Edward Markey (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty Sutton (D-OH).
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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.