House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SACRED Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit harassment of persons lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship, within a distance of 100 feet or closer to such place of religious worship, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Suozzi D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8239.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 63, April 9, 2026, Page H2831):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution and Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8239, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b05613de387f45ea2948c3642faa3067ddff85dbee7bdc1f94ad101a2a07139
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 October 14, 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
17 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 8 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Max Miller (R-OH), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Suozzi.
- H.Con.Res. 39 (119th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medals awarded…
- H.Res. 64 (119th) Affirming the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea.
- H.R. 1102 (119th) Commission To Study the Potential of a National Museum of Italian American History and Culture Act
- H.R. 4739 (119th) SHARE Plan Act
- H.R. 6232 (119th) HOPE Act
- H.R. 2082 (119th) WISH Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.