House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Paula Bohovesky and Joan D’Alessandro Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the scope of the penalty for crimes against children.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2726.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2726, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6836374422f5b90429652d06cb15db60d0ea961aea8cad110ad70bde45d57c8b
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
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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.