House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Caring for Grieving Families Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Abigail Spanberger D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5909.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Page H4991):Authority under Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To limit cost-sharing for prenatal services under the circumstances of involuntary pregnancy loss (miscarriage or stillbirth).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5909, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 12, 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 December 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5909, last updated December 12, 2024. 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
34 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 29 Democrats
5 of 34 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), John Joyce (R-PA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.