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House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Do No Harm Act

H.R. 5272Introduced May 18, 2016Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Kennedy D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: May 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5272.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5272, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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

36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats

0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA) and 6 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-4 district

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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.