House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5052.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 30, February 15, 2018, Page H1213):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5052, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5052
- 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.
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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
11 of 11 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Kurt Schrader (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.R. 959 (115th) Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 664 (115th) STOP OD Act of 2017
- H.R. 6043 (115th) STATES Act
- H.Res. 871 (115th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 2, 2018, through June 10, 2018, as National Fishing and Boating Week.
- H.Res. 1022 (115th) Condemning the ongoing illegal occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
- H.R. 3735 (115th) No Knives on Planes Act of 2017
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.