House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
Official title: To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sylvia Garcia D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4664.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3648):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 125 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4664, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4664
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 216 (119th) Condemning the Members of Congress constituting the leadership team of the House Republican Conference.
- H.Res. 326 (119th) Supporting the designation of April 10 as "Dolores Huerta Day", in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and…
- H.Res. 1170 (119th) Supporting the designation of April 10 as "Dolores Huerta Day", in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of the trailblazing labor and…
- H.R. 5514 (119th) POJA Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.