House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFER Act of 2026
Official title: To prevent the premature seizure of an individual's securities, digital assets, or investment accounts in the custody of a financial institution under State escheatment laws, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where 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 Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8338.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LICCARDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 67, April 16, 2026, Page H2961):Article 1, Section 1 All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8338, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8338
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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.
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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 — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.