Censorship Accountability Act
Latest action · Jul 11, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.
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.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2023 to May 16, 2024; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Jan 25, 2024 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Feb 9, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-MO | Eric Burlison | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Victoria Spartz | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Mar 21, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | May 16, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2023Markup Feb 29, 2024Reported Jul 11, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-579.
- Jul 11, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.
- Feb 29, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 29, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
- Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 23, 2024H.R. 4848, Censorship Accountability ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 29, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 128, July 25, 2023, page H3951.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2616 | Censorship Accountability Act | Related bill | Jul 27, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a right of action against Federal employees for violations of First Amendment rights.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Censorship Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Censorship Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2024Reported in House
- Jul 25, 2023Introduced 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
