House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Housing FIRST Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies that furnish consumer reports for tenant screening purposes from providing certain information, to establish duties of users of consumer reports for housing purposes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 75, April 29, 2026, Page H3296):Art. 1 Sec. 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8588
- 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
- H.Res. 965 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary…
- H.R. 5889 (119th) Eviction Helpline Act
- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.