House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 11, United States Code, to make the filing of a petition for relief under chapter 11 that is objectively futile or in subjective bad faith a cause for dismissal of the case, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Emilia Sykes D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8393.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 69, April 20, 2026, Page H2996):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8393, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8393
- 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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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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nellie Pou (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emilia Sykes.
- H.Res. 238 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion…
- H.R. 5660 (119th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 2016 (119th) Feed Our Families Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 123 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
- H.R. 971 (119th) RAIL Act
- H.R. 5661 (119th) Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4346 (119th) Consumer Protection and Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.