House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9660.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 145, September 18, 2024, Page H5447):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide protections from prosecution for drug possession to individuals who seek medical assistance when witnessing or experiencing an overdose.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 211 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9660, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29ca47960abbcb6001ac3ab8528723c1771a4f9e9ccab94ff22586d17e028836
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9660, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Neguse.
- H.R. 1318 (118th) Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act
- H.R. 4385 (118th) Drought Preparedness Act
- H.R. 5770 (118th) Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act
- H.R. 7671 (118th) Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
- H.R. 1319 (118th) Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act
- H.R. 3562 (118th) Forest Service Flexible Housing Partnerships Act of 2023
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.