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Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills Sponsorship of a Bill Representatives introduce bills in the House chamber by placing them in the clerk’s “hopper,” a box at the rostrum, when the House is in session. The original signature of the sponsor must appear on the measure when it is introduced. Cosponsors do not sign the bill; the sponsor need only submit a list of names when the bill is dropped in the hopper. Cosponsors commonly ask the sponsors to add their names to a bill to signal support for the measure.