Bills · 119th Congress · H.Res. 238

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Emilia Strong Sykes DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Health.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

111 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jake Auchincloss DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Becca Balint DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nanette Diaz Barragán DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Wesley Bell DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Shontel M. Brown DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Julia Brownley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nikki Budzinski DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
André Carson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Troy A. Carter DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Kathy Castor DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Judy Chu DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Steve Cohen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Angie Craig DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jasmine Crockett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Danny K. Davis DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Madeleine Dean DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Diana DeGette DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rosa L. DeLauro DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Suzan K. DelBene DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lloyd Doggett DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sarah Elfreth DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Adriano Espaillat DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bill Foster DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lois Frankel DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Laura Friedman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Maxwell Frost DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Robert Garcia DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Daniel S. Goldman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Josh Gottheimer DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jahana Hayes DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Steven Horsford DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jared Huffman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sara Jacobs DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Julie Johnson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Marcy Kaptur DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Timothy M. Kennedy DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ro Khanna DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Greg Landsman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rick Larsen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
John B. Larson DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Susie Lee DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Teresa Leger Fernandez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Seth Magaziner DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sarah McBride DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
April McClain Delaney DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
James P. McGovern DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
LaMonica McIver DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jennifer L. McClellan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Yassamin Ansari DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Robert Menendez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Grace Meng DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gwen Moore DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Seth Moulton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Kevin Mullin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jerrold Nadler DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jimmy Panetta DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Scott H. Peters DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mark Pocan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ayanna Pressley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mike Quigley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Delia C. Ramirez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Deborah K. Ross DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Andrea Salinas DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Mary Gay Scanlon DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Adam Smith DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Greg Stanton DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Haley M. Stevens DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Marilyn Strickland DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bradley Scott Schneider DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Dina Titus DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Rashida Tlaib DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jill N. Tokuda DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Paul Tonko DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lori Trahan DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Derek Tran DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Lauren Underwood DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gabe Vasquez DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bonnie Watson Coleman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Nikema Williams DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Katherine M. Clark DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
George Whitesides DDemocrat
Nydia M. Velázquez DDemocrat
Dwight Evans DDemocrat
Norma J. Torres DDemocrat
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. DDemocrat
Frederica S. Wilson DDemocrat
Doris O. Matsui DDemocrat
Betty McCollum DDemocrat
George Latimer DDemocrat
Joseph D. Morelle DDemocrat
Lizzie Fletcher DDemocrat
Juan Vargas DDemocrat
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocrat
Kelly Morrison DDemocrat
Robin L. Kelly DDemocrat
Maxine Dexter DDemocrat
Salud O. Carbajal DDemocrat
Christopher R. Deluzio DDemocrat
Lucy McBath DDemocrat
Sharice Davids DDemocrat
Mark DeSaulnier DDemocrat
Joyce Beatty DDemocrat
Ritchie Torres DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  2. Submitted in House
  3. Submitted in House

Committees

  • Energy and Commerce Committee (House)Referred To, March 21, 2025

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