House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3165.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 82, May 12, 2021, Page H2271):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3165, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3165
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
88 cosponsors — 88 Democrats
0 of 88 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.