House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SPEAK Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 2023
- Committee actionJun 12, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6033.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-621 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 30, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/621
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6033, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6033
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 175, October 24, 2023, Pages H5043-H5044):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Health CareSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 75 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6033, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6033
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a34575d0ed697489fdae1b2622e0cb7fdc6062d26acadd9767fd936f9671e1b3
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of May 27, 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
29 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 29 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Susie Lee (D-NV), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), David Trone (D-MD), David Valadao (R-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
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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.