House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
State Flexibility for Family First Transitions Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2019
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jun 5, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3116.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 94, June 5, 2019, Page H4344):Article 1, Section 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3116, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3116
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 January 3, 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
31 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 31 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Katie Hill (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), Al Lawson (D-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bill Posey (R-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Max Rose (D-NY), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), W. Steube (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon.
- H.R. 504 (116th) DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act
- H.R. 1156 (116th) LEOSA Reform Act
- H.R. 6652 (116th) Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020
- H.R. 3536 (116th) Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019
- H.R. 4982 (116th) Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 6229 (116th) Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020
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.