House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Eviction Helpline Act
Official title: To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 2.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5889.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Page H4567):Art. 1 Sec. 8 clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5889, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 22, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
- H.Res. 1088 (119th) Recognizing and celebrating the significance of Black history museums and cultural institutions.
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.