House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
American Franchise Act
Official title: To preserve the franchise business model.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee actionJul 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5267.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5267, American Franchise Act” on October 7, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 8, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62842
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5267, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5267
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-802 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 8, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/802
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5267, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5267
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5267, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5267
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
158 cosponsors — 140 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
17 of 158 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Comer (R-KY) and 128 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
- H.R. 1069 (119th) PROTECT Our Kids Act
- H.Res. 42 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 43 (119th) Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.
- H.Res. 600 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 9468 (119th) STAR Act
- H.R. 3512 (119th) Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act
Related bills
- S. 3525 (119th) American Franchise ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.