House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Patients Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7641.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 44, March 12, 2024, Page H1149):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the inclusion of mandatory predispute arbitration clauses and clauses limiting class action lawsuits in health insurance contracts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 232 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7641, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
- H.R. 5658 (118th) Vote by Mail Tracking Act
- H.R. 5509 (118th) Electronic Permitting Modernization Act
- H.R. 3386 (118th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 6451 (118th) Mental Health Justice Act of 2023
- H.R. 1602 (118th) SVB Act
- H.R. 6003 (118th) Medical Debt Relief 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.