HR 8820 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act

Introduced Sep 14, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA

Latest action · Sep 15, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 14, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act

This bill prohibits the federal government and federally funded entities from discriminating or otherwise taking adverse action against a pharmacist, pharmacy owner, or pharmacy technician who declines to store, fill prescriptions for, or make referrals for drugs that cause abortions (or that the individual provider believes in good faith cause abortions). Individuals or the Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations of this bill.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2022 to Oct 7, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-UT	Blake D. Moore	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Sep 14, 2022
R-MD	Andy Harris		Sep 15, 2022
R-VA	Ben Cline		Sep 15, 2022
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Sep 15, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Sep 19, 2022
R-PA	Fred Keller		Sep 19, 2022
R-FL	Scott Franklin		Sep 19, 2022
R-TX	Roger Williams		Sep 28, 2022
R-MS	Michael Guest		Oct 7, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Sep 14, 2022
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Sep 15, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 15, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 14, 2022Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 148, September 14, 2022, page H7842.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 279	Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 20, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against certain health care providers with certain objections to abortion.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 14, 2022Introduced in House

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