H.R. 4115 · 111th Congress
Open Access to Courts Act of 2009
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
NadlerSponsor36 cosponsors · 35 D, 1 R
D
Conyers
SC
D
Cohen
JC
D
Chu
BD
D
Delahunt
SJ
D
Jackson Lee
HJ
D
Johnson
CK
D
Kilpatrick
MM
D
Michaud
BS
D
Scott
BB
D
Braley
MH
D
Honda
MM
D
McMahon
PH
D
Hodes
AS
D
Sires
TB
D
Baldwin
JB
D
Baca
MS
D
Schauer
MW
D
Watt
CP
D
Pingree
MW
D
Waters
JH
D
Hall
DC
D
Christensen
LD
D
Doggett
DW
D
Wasserman Schultz
JJ
D
Jackson
DP
D
Payne
AW
D
Weiner
GM
D
Meeks
LR
D
Richardson
AG
D
Grayson
BS
D
Sutton
TJ
R
Johnson
JS
D
Serrano
DK
D
Kucinich
CM
D
McCarthy
GN
D
Napolitano9 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Open Access to Courts Act of 2009 - Prohibits a U.S. district court from dismissing a complaint: (1) unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of the claim which would entitle the plaintiff to relief; or (2) on the basis of a determination by the judge that the factual contents of the complaint do not show the…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 19, 2009
Open Access to Courts Act of 2009 - Prohibits a U.S. district court from dismissing a complaint: (1) unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of the claim which would entitle the plaintiff to relief; or (2) on the basis of a determination by the judge that the factual contents of the complaint do not show the plaintiff's claim to be plausible or are insufficient to warrant a reasonable interference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Open Access to Courts Act of 2009
Latest action (Dec 16, 2009): Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 19, 2009
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.