VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.R. 784 · 116th Congress

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

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 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

CSR SmithSponsor
178 cosponsors · 2 D, 176 R
JAR Amash RAR Allen RAR Abraham JAR Arrington KBR Brady RBR Bishop GBR Bilirakis ABR Barr BBR Babin KBR Buck DBR Bacon JBR Banks JBR Bergman ABR Biggs TBR Budd TCR Cole KCR Conaway RCR Crawford DCR Collins BCR Carter LCR Cheney MCR Cloud SDR Duffy JDR Duncan RDR Davis TER Emmer RER Estes JFR Fortenberry VFR Foxx BFR Flores AFR Ferguson SGR Graves BGR Guthrie BGR Gibbs HGR Griffith GGR Grothman MGR Gaetz GGR Gianforte DHR Hunter AHR Harris VHR Hartzler JHR Herrera Beutler BHR Huizenga GHR Holding RHR Hudson JHR Hice JHR Hill CHR Higgins WJR Jones JJR Jordan MKR Kelly DKR Kustoff DLD Lipinski DLR Lamborn RLR Latta BLR Luetkemeyer DLR LaMalfa BLR Loudermilk DLR LaHood DLR Lesko KMR Marchant CMR McMorris Rodgers DMR McKinley TMR Massie MMR Meadows AMR Mooney RMR Marshall PMR Mitchell DMR Meuser CMR Miller RNR Norman POR Olson BPR Posey SPR Palazzo SPR Perry GPR Palmer PRR Roe JRR Ratcliffe DRR Rouzer FRR Rooney JRR Rutherford GRR Reschenthaler CRR Roy JSR Shimkus MSR Simpson ASR Smith SSR Scalise SSR Stivers ASR Scott CSR Stewart JSR Smith LSR Smucker GTR Thompson VTR Taylor JWR Wilson TWR Walberg RWR Wittman AWR Wagner JWR Walorski BWR Wenstrup RWR Williams MWR Walker BWR Westerman SWR Watkins TYR Yoho LZR Zeldin SCR Chabot JCR Carter JCR Comer AGR Gonzalez DJR Joyce JJR Joyce SKR King MMR Mullin DWR Webster RWR Wright BBR Byrne BJR Johnson MTR Turner RAR Aderholt MBR Brooks TRR Rice RWR Weber TBR Burchett MGR Gallagher BMR Mast GPR Pence WTR Timmons SWR Womack KAR Armstrong DJR Johnson HRR Rogers PSR Stauber MRR Roby TGR Graves WSR Steube THR Hollingsworth LBR Bucshon LGR Gooden FKR Keller NDR Dunn MGR Green KHR Hern BLR Long TMR McClintock JMR Moolenaar MJR Johnson JBR Baird RFR Fulcher GMR Murphy BCR Cline MBR Bost BSR Steil DNR Newhouse MBR Burgess WDR Davidson CFR Fleischmann GGR Graves PMR McHenry KMR McCarthy DRR Riggleman LGR Gohmert DSR Schweikert MWR Waltz JHR Hagedorn AKR Kinzinger JRR Rose RSR Spano STR Tipton MGR Guest DBR Bishop CPD Peterson ESR Stefanik DCR Crenshaw CJR Jacobs FLR Lucas TRR Reed MMR McCaul

106 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 24, 2019

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

This bill establishes a new criminal offense for performing or attempting to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more.

A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

The bill provides exceptions for an abortion (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements.

A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Latest action (Mar 5, 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 24, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.