House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2021
- Committee actionMar 16, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5428.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5428, School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act” on April 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 16, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58045
- CBO publication date
- April 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5428, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-307 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 6, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2022 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/307
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5428, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 170, September 29, 2021, Page H5553):The United States Constitution Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2021 ↗
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- H.R. 5428, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5428
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474828580c74259c6215c3d4f50fdf086892ffded9a9a4c15f0d2adfde8077ff
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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
49 cosponsors — 49 Democrats
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Andy Levin (D-MI), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 19 more.
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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.