House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 671.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 10, January 17, 2019, Page H720):The Supreme Court's Commerce Clause precedents and under the Constitution's grants of powers to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 671, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/671
- 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
44 cosponsors — 44 Republicans
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), K. Conaway (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Mark Meadows (R-NC) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Latta.
- H.R. 360 (116th) Cyber Sense Act of 2020
- H.R. 4806 (116th) DEBAR Act of 2020
- H.R. 4399 (116th) SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2019
- H.Res. 269 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of March 2, 2020, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Day".
- H.Res. 39 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of March 2, 2019, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Day".
- H.R. 1006 (116th) Open Internet Act of 2019
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.