House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Raise the Wage Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4889.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3952):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Minimum WageSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 118 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4889, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). 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
172 cosponsors — 172 Democrats
0 of 172 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and 142 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 20 (118th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
- H.R. 2725 (118th) Do No Harm Act
- H.R. 5049 (118th) Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
- H.R. 2976 (118th) Child Care for Working Families Act
- H.R. 2851 (118th) National Apprenticeship Act of 2023
- H.R. 3444 (118th) Strength in Diversity Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.