House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Consent is Key Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8189.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2771):According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in The single subject of this legislation is: JudiciarySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 415 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8189, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 31, 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 July 31, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), David Trone (D-MD).
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.