House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 7, 2022
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2022 · 219–210
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2022 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8296.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 112, July 7, 2022, Page H5940):Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 7, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8296, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14179bdd5e535f16c7806fd2e6676b947e912013b79446411af9eed07f4afb3e
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8296, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
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- H.R. 4256 (117th) Investing in Main Street Act of 2021
- H.R. 3755 (117th) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021
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- H.R. 2193 (117th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022
- H.R. 1551 (117th) Nutrition CARE Act of 2021
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.