House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Physician and Patient Safety Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8325.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2999):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Due process rights for physiciansSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8325, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 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 September 11, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), John Joyce (R-PA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Katie Porter (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 8641 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Main Street in Brawley, California, as the "Walter Francis…
- H.R. 2474 (118th) Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
- H.R. 4046 (118th) CARE Act of 2023
- H.Res. 734 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".
- H.R. 5414 (118th) Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2023
- H.R. 9529 (118th) SAFER Nursing Homes Act of 2024
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.