House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 795.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H682):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 408 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 795, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 28, 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 28, 2024). 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
30 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 30 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), David Trone (D-MD), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.