House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 558.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H251):Congress has the authority to protect unborn children under the Supreme Court's Commerce Clause precedents and under the Constitution's grants of power to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 558, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Republicans
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Jody Hice (R-GA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and 26 more.
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Related bills
- H.R. 8603 (119th) Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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