H.R. 4118 · 113th Congress

SIMPLE Fairness Act

Stage
Passed a chamber
Sponsor
Lynn Jenkins
Introduced
2014-02-28
Latest action
2014-03-10 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.

Action history

  1. 2014-03-10Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
  2. 2014-03-06Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  3. 2014-03-05Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 250 - 160 (Roll no. 97).
  4. 2014-03-05Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. 2014-03-05On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 250 - 160 (Roll no. 97).
  6. 2014-03-05On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185 - 227 (Roll no. 96).
  7. 2014-03-05The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
  8. 2014-03-05DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Horsford motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new section at the end of the bill titled Protecting Consumers From Premium Increases and Discrimination on the Basis of Preexisting Conditions. The point of order was subsequently withdrawn.
  9. 2014-03-05Mr. Horsford moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means.
  10. 2014-03-05The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  11. 2014-03-05DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4118.
  12. 2014-03-05The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  13. 2014-03-05Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 497.
  14. 2014-03-05Rule H. Res. 497 passed House.
  15. 2014-03-05Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 497 Reported to House. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  16. 2014-02-28Introduced in House
  17. 2014-02-28Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.