House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Chyna Gibson Stop the Transgender Murder Epidemic Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4960.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Pages H4142-H4143):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 18 which allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: The Chyna Gibson Stop the Transgender Murder Epidemic Act of 2023 will establish a commission to address the pervasive, and targeted epidemic of fatal violence, economic discrimination, and other factors disproportionally impacting members of the transgender community, and make recommendations to Congress on appropriate remedies.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 662 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4960, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4960
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 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 July 24, 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Troy Carter (D-LA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.R. 8525 (118th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024
- H.R. 40 (118th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
- H.R. 4965 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
- H.Res. 1308 (118th) Recognizing June 19, 2024, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
- H.R. 52 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
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.