House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Access to Legal Counsel Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6037.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 40, February 28, 2020, Page H1424):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6037, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5c27e63015ce3b8eb8cfb35c000fe3b1a88d4d1a9aa666b1c64053b2b3f6b2a5
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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 1 (116th) For the People Act of 2019
- H.R. 2075 (116th) School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020
- H.R. 2427 (116th) Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 2441 (116th) What You Can Do For Your Country Act
- H.R. 5684 (116th) Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 4707 (116th) Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
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.