House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stephen Hacala Poppy Seed Safety Act
Official title: To prohibit the sale of food that is, or contains, unsafe poppy seeds.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Apr 2, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2615.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2615, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 5, 2025). 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), J. Hill (R-AR), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack.
- H.R. 1107 (119th) Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- H.R. 2312 (119th) Tipped Employee Protection Act
- H.R. 4552 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 9170 (119th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.Con.Res. 12 (119th) Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- H.R. 3028 (119th) Duty Drawback Clarification Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.