HRES 464 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Acknowledging that unborn children are legal and constitutional persons who are entitled to the equal protection of the laws.

Introduced Jun 5, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Doug Lamborn R-CO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 5, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJun 5, 2023
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution declares that the life of each human person begins at fertilization and calls upon Congress to enact legislation to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection for unborn children nationwide.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2023 to Aug 1, 2023, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-INJim BanksOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-OKJosh BrecheenOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalJun 5, 2023
R-MSMike EzellOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJun 5, 2023
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJun 5, 2023
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Actions 2

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  1. Jun 5, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 5, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

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  1. Jun 5, 2023Introduced in House

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