House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ride in Freedom Act
Official title: To prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring a person to wear a protective helmet to operate, or ride on, a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10067.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 129, August 6, 2026, Page H5222):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution (the Spending Clause), which authorizes Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, together with Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause), which authorizes Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested in the Government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 467 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10067, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10067
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 19, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
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- H.R. 983 (119th) Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 980 (119th) Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 981 (119th) VETT Act
- H.R. 1845 (119th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.R. 648 (119th) Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.