House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Essential Caregivers Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 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. 8331.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 80, May 8, 2024, Page H2999):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Provides visitation rights for Essential Caregivers at long-term care facilities accepting funds from Medicare.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8331, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 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 21, 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
113 cosponsors — 54 Republicans, 59 Democrats
59 of 113 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Alford (R-MO), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Ami Bera (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jason Crow (D-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 83 more.
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.