House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-344
Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018
Became law on Dec 21, 2018.
Sponsor: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 13, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2018
- Became lawDec 21, 2018
Latest action: Dec 21, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-344.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1318.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1531):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1318, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1318
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 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
192 cosponsors — 51 Republicans, 140 Democrats, 1 independent
141 of 192 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 162 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
- H.R. 5317 (115th) To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.
- H.R. 374 (115th) To remove the sunset provision of section 203 of Public Law 105-384, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2083 (115th) Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
- H.R. 4656 (115th) Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act
- H.R. 1571 (115th) Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act
- H.R. 3209 (115th) Protecting Military Honor Act
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.