House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Expanded Telehealth Access Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2020 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8755.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 194, November 16, 2020, Page H5796):Clause 18 of Section 8 or Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8755, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8755
- 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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
6 of 13 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Andy Kim (D-NJ), David McKinley (R-WV), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), William Timmons (R-SC), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
- H.R. 4990 (116th) Election Technology Research Act of 2020
- H.J.Res. 72 (116th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…
- H.R. 3038 (116th) Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019
- H.R. 6954 (116th) SMART Act
- H.R. 7299 (116th) COVID–19 SCAM Act
- H.R. 8591 (116th) Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020
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.