One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act
This bill requires each bill or joint resolution to include no more than one subject and the subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title.
An appropriations bill may not contain any general legislation or change to existing law that is not germane to the subject of such underlying bill.
The bill voids measures or provisions noncompliant with these requirements, including appropriation provisions outside the relevant subcommittee's jurisdiction.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2020 to Aug 28, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Apr 28, 2020 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | May 5, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | May 12, 2020 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Jun 25, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Aug 28, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2020Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2240 | One Subject at a Time Act | Related bill | May 20, 2019 |
| S 3845 | One Subject at a Time Act | Related bill | Jun 1, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.