House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 11, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 11, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8012.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 143, August 11, 2020, Page H4232):Article I, Section 8, clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8012, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8012
- 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Steve King (R-IA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ross Spano (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 317 (116th) Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019
- H.R. 7052 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the "Norma Comnick…
- H.R. 2381 (116th) Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2019
- H.R. 1126 (116th) Honoring Veterans’ Families Act
- H.R. 8013 (116th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2020
- H.R. 5744 (116th) Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones 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.