House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to Record Act of 2026
Official title: To establish an express cause of action for violations of the right to record, observe, or peacefully protest law enforcement activities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9189.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FROST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 96, June 8, 2026, Page H3992):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9189, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxwell Frost.
Related bills
- S. 4696 (119th) Right to Record Act of 2026Identical 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.