House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Consumers First Act

H.R. 1500Introduced Mar 5, 2019Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Where it went

IntroducedMar 5, 2019
Committee actionMar 28, 2019
Passed HouseMay 22, 2019 · 231–191
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 23, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1500.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1500, Consumers First Act” on May 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 28, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55224
CBO publication date
May 8, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1500, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1500
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 10, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1500, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1500
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 39, March 5, 2019, Page H2368):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1500, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1500
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1500, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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

29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats

0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Al Lawson (D-FL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Katie Porter (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-43 district

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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.