House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2009
- Committee actionFeb 23, 2010
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2010 · 262–153
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2010 — 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. 4247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4247, Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act” on February 12, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on February 4, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21200
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6bb800f6980b027e5b69d07fdd575fa3ce4087e691c696076547eb7bfad94635
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4247, Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act” on February 12, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on February 4, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21200
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6bb800f6980b027e5b69d07fdd575fa3ce4087e691c696076547eb7bfad94635
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. 111-417 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 23, 2010.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/417
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4247, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6bb800f6980b027e5b69d07fdd575fa3ce4087e691c696076547eb7bfad94635
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4247, last updated March 23, 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
40 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 37 Democrats
3 of 40 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Gregg Harper (R-MS), James Himes (D-CT), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Todd Platts (R-PA), Jared Polis (D-CO) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Miller.
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- H.R. 3221 (111th) Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
- H.R. 911 (111th) Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009
- H.R. 2442 (111th) Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009
- H.R. 1043 (111th) Deafy Glade Land Exchange 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.