H.R. 1629: 911 SAVES Act
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H.R. 1629: 911 SAVES Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-07 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
911 SAVES Act
Plain summary
Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019 or the 911 SAVES Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] · 129 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Ted Budd (R-NC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Angie Craig (D-MN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and 69 more.
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] reported raising $922,924 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1629.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr1629 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116