House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 862.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 25, February 7, 2023, Page H738):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: AbortionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 862, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 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 24, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Garret Graves (R-LA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), George Santos (R-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), W. Steube (R-FL), William Timmons (R-SC), Randy Weber (R-TX), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Lesko.
- H.R. 1640 (118th) Save Our Gas Stoves Act
- H.R. 6192 (118th) Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
- H.R. 801 (118th) Securing the Border for Public Health Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 14 (118th) Expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
- H.R. 1089 (118th) VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act
- H.Res. 1031 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the situation at the southern border is an invasion.
Related bills
- H.R. 8603 (119th) Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.