House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 27, 2019 · 240–190
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2019 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019” on March 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on February 27, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55027
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36854b451ffad050f097f23207ad992976d78c6c879b1ba852618b3a7388100c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019” on April 23, 2019. CBO’s description reads “This estimate supersedes the estimate for H.R. 8 that was transmitted on March 11, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55156
- CBO publication date
- April 23, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36854b451ffad050f097f23207ad992976d78c6c879b1ba852618b3a7388100c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-11 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 22, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 22, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/11
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36854b451ffad050f097f23207ad992976d78c6c879b1ba852618b3a7388100c
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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. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H284):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36854b451ffad050f097f23207ad992976d78c6c879b1ba852618b3a7388100c
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
232 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 226 Democrats
5 of 232 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO) and 202 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5373 (116th) United States Anti-Doping Agency Reauthorization Act of 2020
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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.