To restrict limitations on the possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce.
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Jul 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 7, 2022
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This bill bars state or local officials from prohibiting or restricting the possession, sale, purchase, transportation, or use of contraceptives (i.e., drugs or devices that are primarily used to prevent pregnancy). Individuals or the Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations of this bill.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
61
Bourdeaux, Carolyn
Demings, Val
D
Omar, Ilhan
Pascrell, Bill
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Speier, Jackie
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Brown, Anthony
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Carson, André
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Kahele, Kaiali'i
Luria, Elaine
McNerney, Jerry
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Neal, Richard E.
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Stevens, Haley M.
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
COOPER, JAMES
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Garamendi, John
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Kildee, Daniel
Kuster, Ann
D
Larsen, Rick
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
McCollum, Betty
Napolitano, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Pingree, Chellie
Porter, Katie
D
Raskin, Jamie
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
D
Tlaib, Rashida
Bass, Karen
Blumenauer, Earl
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8318: To restrict limitations on the possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8318/
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