House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 478.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 478, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
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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
40 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 39 Democrats
1 of 40 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Cheri Bustos (D-IL), John Carney (D-DE), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
- H.R. 4742 (114th) Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
- H.R. 752 (114th) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
- H.R. 2894 (114th) CARE for All Veterans Act
- H.R. 1375 (114th) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 132 (114th) SCOTUS Resolution
- H.R. 1441 (114th) Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.