House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act
Official title: To end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9817.
- 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. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5024):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9817, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41500c418318f3f89c5d7013813a5058d050f7ee78cbf147e7807a5c696231f8
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 August 25, 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Democrats
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 13 more.
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
Related bills
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus ActRelated bill
- S. 5283 (119th) Momnibus ActRelated 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.