House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Counsel Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 666.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 279 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 666, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/666
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3644f7cc1038625174004a5dce0f331fbe0d070552b532244aefc1101c4f5e29
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.
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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
62 cosponsors — 62 Democrats
0 of 62 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.R. 8732 (118th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- H.Res. 269 (118th) Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the…
- H.R. 2760 (118th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
- H.R. 3421 (118th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 4170 (118th) LIFT the BAR Act
- H.Res. 1588 (118th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.