House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1173.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H876):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the patient medication information required to be included in the labeling of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1173, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1173
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 2, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 November 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
15 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 15 cosponsors (87%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Marie Perez (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5074 (118th) Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023
- H.R. 7623 (118th) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.