House joint resolution · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2012 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 110.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3481):The Parental Rights Amendment is introduced pursuant to Article V: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution . . . .'' ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 219 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 110, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/110
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f15e30d489f6105e5a8bde44fbced17f864b9f786aac6b9964d40703c3fdbd52
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
85 cosponsors — 85 Republicans
0 of 85 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.
- H.R. 2938 (112th) Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act
- H.R. 3803 (112th) District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- H.R. 3541 (112th) Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012
- H.R. 668 (112th) SHIELD Act
- H.Res. 732 (112th) Calling for the protection of the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in the Arab world.
- H.Res. 40 (112th) Celebrating the life of President Ronald Wilson Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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.