House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
SPEAK FREE Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 73, May 13, 2015, Page H2959):The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 60 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2304, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
32 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 32 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Dave Brat (R-VA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2745 (114th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015
- H.R. 526 (114th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015
- H.R. 2032 (114th) GSA Act of 2015
- H.R. 1199 (114th) Innocent Sellers Fairness Act
- H.R. 2628 (114th) TEAM Act
- H.Res. 102 (114th) Expressing support for designation of September 25, 2015, as "National Pediatric Bone Cancer Awareness Day".
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.