House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Language Access to Gun Violence Prevention Strategies Act of 2026
Official title: To remove linguistic barriers to participation in Gun Violence Prevention Strategies.
Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 14, January 21, 2026, Page H1172):Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7170, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Democrats
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), David Scott (D-GA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
- H.R. 754 (119th) Investing in Main Street Act of 2025
- H.R. 7463 (119th) Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success Act
- H.R. 12 (119th) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 4443 (119th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 924 (119th) NO BAN Act
- H.R. 4163 (119th) PRIDE Act of 2025
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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.