Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2017
- Committee actionMay 17, 2017
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2017 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 842.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 842, Fair Chance Act” on May 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52771
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 842, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18d5cb59d4244b3010c535b33dd8d5910680b71c295807bfde478bdf44261996
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 25, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 842, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18d5cb59d4244b3010c535b33dd8d5910680b71c295807bfde478bdf44261996
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 842, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH), Tina Smith (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker.
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.