House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SOUL Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to establish sovereign ownership rights in unique likeness for U.S. citizens, to protect against unauthorized digital replications and abuses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Biggs R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8323.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 67, April 16, 2026, Page H2960):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8323, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8323
- 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 8466 (119th) TRUE Accountability Act
- H.R. 77 (119th) Midnight Rules Relief Act
- H.R. 60 (119th) Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 1 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.