House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SEPSIS Act
Official title: To establish programs to reduce rates of sepsis.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Norcross D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7116.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H921):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7116, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7116
- 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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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 19, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Rouzer (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Norcross.
- H.R. 5408 (119th) Faster Labor Contracts Act
- H.Res. 1140 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.
- H.R. 2736 (119th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
- H.R. 2692 (119th) No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act
- H.R. 5206 (119th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 1627 (119th) TREATS Act
Related bills
- S. 1929 (119th) SEPSIS ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.