House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5813.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4856):Article I Section 8 Clause 1 and Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Website & Software AccessibilitySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5813, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5813
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e799592d487dd4f29834e6ca45d32ad838fb293e5e6be3b27024a500256c8d5c
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5813, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
36 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 35 Democrats
1 of 36 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 4770 (118th) Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 5380 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage.
- H.R. 11 (118th) Freedom to Vote Act
- H.R. 5045 (118th) Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act
- H.R. 2784 (118th) No Child Left Inside Act of 2023
- H.R. 5046 (118th) Preventing Election Subversion 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.