House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Virginia’s Law
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to create a civil cause of action for certain crimes and to eliminate the statute of limitations for civil actions relating to certain crimes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7467.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 28, February 10, 2026, Page H2119):Article III, Section 2, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7467, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7467
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 May 27, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 4284 (119th) Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
- H.R. 4598 (119th) Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt…
- H.R. 9473 (119th) Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6049 (119th) No Payola Act
- H.R. 5774 (119th) Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 56 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men.
Related bills
- S. 3815 (119th) Virginia's LawIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.