House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Do No Harm Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1450.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 37, February 28, 2019, Page H2316):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 246 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1450, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1450
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 April 7, 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
215 cosponsors — 215 Democrats
0 of 215 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO) and 185 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
- H.R. 7460 (116th) Peace Corps Commemorative Work Extension Act
- H.Res. 124 (116th) Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals.
- H.R. 7539 (116th) Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act
- H.Res. 722 (116th) Supporting the goals of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
- H.R. 3133 (116th) Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019
- H.Res. 1234 (116th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance of memorializing the lives lost this year to antitransgender violence.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.