House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-173

Stop Campus Hazing Act

H.R. 5646Introduced Sep 21, 2023Policy area: Education

Became law on Dec 23, 2024.

Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath D-GA

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 21, 2023
Committee actionSep 11, 2024
Passed HouseSep 24, 2024 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 11, 2024 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 23, 2024
Became lawDec 23, 2024

Latest action: Dec 23, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-173.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5646.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5646, Stop Campus Hazing Act” on September 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 11, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2024 ↗
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September 12, 2024
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December 5, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):
Interstate Commerce Clause The single subject of this legislation is: to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing incidents
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 5646, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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September 14, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

58 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 38 Democrats

20 of 58 cosponsors (34%) are from the other party.

Troy Balderson (R-OH), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Mike Carey (R-OH), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY) and 28 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-7 district

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