House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9196.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4963):Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit consideration of pregnancy status when filing for divorce.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 168 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9196, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
11f45966954e6c88256ae3c4b40767da6dea13f40c94d386ebe0a96755ece1a0
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 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9196, last updated September 17, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
- H.R. 6367 (118th) Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023
- H.R. 1572 (118th) Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023
- H.R. 3682 (118th) Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2023
- H.R. 1387 (118th) Civics Learning Act of 2023
- H.R. 2825 (118th) Prison Libraries Act of 2023
- H.Res. 509 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the rights of youth in the foster care system.
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.