House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Housing Temperature Safety Act of 2025
Official title: To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H301):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 638, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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 noteThe text of H.R.638 is contained in the text of H.R.6644, which became Public Law 119-101.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 25, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 638, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe6939c152810acf9c64b7244362ac653e24a9140f20b90e5b91699ac93b80e4
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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
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- H.R. 6677 (119th) Professional Degree Access Restoration Act
- H.R. 7004 (119th) Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026
- H.R. 6603 (119th) Our Parks Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.