House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
STOP School Violence Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2018 · 407–10
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 15, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4909.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 20, January 30, 2018, Page H732):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4909, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4909, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
100 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 35 Democrats, 2 independents
36 of 100 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Sean Duffy (R-WI) and 70 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rutherford.
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.