House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
CROWN Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2019
- Committee actionSep 15, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5309.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-525 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 21, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/525
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5309, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 194, December 5, 2019, Pages H9294-H9295):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 462 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5309, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2941e11c4b1c4cd5553ea66d560da1e39730c57e522d27e9b909363b54e4e46
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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
63 cosponsors — 63 Democrats
0 of 63 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.