House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Break Free From Domestic Violence Act
Official title: To provide additional housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Emilia Sykes D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5700.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 164, October 6, 2025, Page H4523):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5700, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5700
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b50ecafd50fc9122ee5651e313f9e71ed037681027611cf417f4210d6473a12d
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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5700, last updated December 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. Emilia Sykes.
- H.Res. 238 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion…
- H.R. 5660 (119th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 2016 (119th) Feed Our Families Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 123 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
- H.R. 971 (119th) RAIL Act
- H.R. 5661 (119th) Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025
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.