House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3563.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 109, June 27, 2019, Page H5259):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3563, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3563
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
262c6bfb98bf5ff171a1d629caeb0a7841a84e7703864ab817cd852e14f5d942
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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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Val Demings (D-FL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2763 (116th) Keeping Families Together Act of 2019
- H.R. 8169 (116th) Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2020
- H.R. 7524 (116th) Wear Your Mask Act
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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.