House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017

H.R. 620Introduced Jan 24, 2017Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 24, 2017
Committee actionSep 7, 2017
Passed HouseFeb 15, 2018 · 225–192
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 26, 2018 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 620.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 620, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017” on September 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2017 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53147
CBO publication date
September 26, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 620, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-539 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on January 30, 2018.
Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 620, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/620
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H687):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 620, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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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

108 cosponsors — 96 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 2 independents

11 of 108 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.

Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Ami Bera (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA) and 78 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-2 district

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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.