House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguarding Honest Speech Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6432.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 190, November 15, 2023, Page H5894):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any rule, policy, guidance, recommendation, or memoranda requiring any federal employee or contractor to use another person's preferred pronouns.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 310 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6432, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6432
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- 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.
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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.