House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 689.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H548):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution (relating to the general Welfare of the United States).Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 689, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b1607b398e0294a7c94c19f0a81fba78c9abf25e1a3bbe16464853cb4b3f7a1
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 August 12, 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
26 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 25 Democrats
1 of 26 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Delaney (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), James Moran (D-VA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
- H.R. 2901 (113th) Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014
- H.R. 5195 (113th) Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014
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- H.R. 3494 (113th) To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement…
- H.R. 1173 (113th) Personalize Your Care Act of 2013
- H.R. 609 (113th) End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.