House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ORTHO Act
Official title: To provide for the safety of patients receiving dental services through telehealth, and for other services.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Babin R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9829.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9829, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9829
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91196a6d5df1f0fa88c848e92d97b50a3b1d5e66dce662452e02b19e765f37f9
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 July 29, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Paul Gosar (R-AZ), John Joyce (R-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 3179 (119th) To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
- H.R. 7813 (119th) NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act
- H.R. 3705 (119th) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act
- H.R. 7273 (119th) NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 3706 (119th) SUSHI Act
- H.R. 2984 (119th) ASTRO Act
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.