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HR3246Referred to Committee

Violet’s Law

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-07
Introduced
54
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
Republican · SC · Representative
Votes with party: 94.5% (477 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M000194

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (54)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • André Carson (D-IN-7)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Daniel Webster (R-FL-11)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Derek Tran (D-CA-45)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Dina Titus (D-NV-1)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Grace Meng (D-NY-6)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Jared Huffman (D-CA-2)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Judy Chu (D-CA-28)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Lucy McBath (D-GA-6)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Scott Perry (R-PA-10)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Young Kim (R-CA-40)Original· 2025-05-07
  • Darren Soto (D-FL-9)· 2025-05-08
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)· 2025-05-08
  • Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)· 2025-05-09
  • Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11)· 2025-05-13
  • Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33)· 2025-05-13
  • Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)· 2025-05-14
  • Jason Crow (D-CO-6)· 2025-05-15
  • Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)· 2025-05-15
  • John James (R-MI-10)· 2025-05-19
  • David Scott (D-GA-13)· 2025-06-02
  • W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)· 2025-06-02
  • Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)· 2025-06-03
  • Lori Trahan (D-MA-3)· 2025-06-20
  • Josh Harder (D-CA-9)· 2025-06-25
  • Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2)· 2025-07-02
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)· 2025-08-01
  • Susie Lee (D-NV-3)· 2025-09-02
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-09-03
  • Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16)· 2025-09-30
  • Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)· 2025-11-07
  • Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)· 2025-12-09
  • Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)· 2025-12-11
  • Dave Min (D-CA-47)· 2025-12-16
  • Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2026-01-06
  • Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)· 2026-02-13

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2025-05-07

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-05-07

Previously

  • Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-07

Plain-English Summary

Without access to the specific provisions of Violet's Law, this bill addresses environmental protection issues and has been sent to the House Agriculture Committee for review, suggesting it likely involves land use, farming practices, or natural resource management. The bill's referral to the agriculture committee indicates it probably affects farmers, ranchers, or companies involved in food production and land management. To understand exactly what protections or requirements the bill would create, you would need to review the full text of the legislation.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

Affected Industries

Industries and interest groups with a stake in how this bill is resolved. Compare with each member's outside-money backers on their finance page.

Climate & Environment

Why this matters: Look up any member who voted on this bill and check their finance page — do the industries listed above match the groups funding their campaigns? That's the kind of connection this tool is built to help you find.

Subjects

Environmental Protection
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Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

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