House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2018
- Committee actionMay 9, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5009.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5009, Jessie’s Law” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53975
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5009, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5009
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 28, February 13, 2018, Pages H1126-H1127):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5009, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5009
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5baa85b23f5b3e89a9e64ec604859eac880981f02789229e5b54019f89284537
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5009, last updated December 5, 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
19 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), J. Hill (R-AR), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Bill Posey (R-FL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg.
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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.