House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2022
- Committee actionSep 21, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8770.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8770, Expanding the VOTE Act” on November 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58758
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8770, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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. 117-654 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 21, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/654
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8770, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c320ce2c390ccbca30f45eb66809d2ab20dd885b9e9de4c25a1bfe2437736397
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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. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 141, September 2, 2022, Page H7736):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 2, 2022 ↗
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- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8770, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c320ce2c390ccbca30f45eb66809d2ab20dd885b9e9de4c25a1bfe2437736397
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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
154 cosponsors — 154 Democrats
0 of 154 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 124 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.