House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 384.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 12, January 17, 2023, Page H244):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 384, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/384
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c88bc3c680f50970272e93efe8109f51c71b03208d660b1fc83a3babee07d30
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 June 11, 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
40 cosponsors — 40 Republicans
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russell Fry (R-SC), Bob Good (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Brian Mast (R-FL), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
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.