119th Congress
H.R. 5448
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Frank Pallone, Jr.(D-NJ)
- Introduced
- Sep 18, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Ways and Means
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (83)
Original cosponsors (2)
- Richard E. Neal (D-MA)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)
Added later (81)
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · Sep 19, 2025
- Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Sep 19, 2025
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) · Sep 19, 2025
- Kathy Castor (D-FL) · Sep 19, 2025
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA) · Sep 19, 2025
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL) · Sep 23, 2025
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI) · Sep 23, 2025
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) · Sep 23, 2025
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Sep 23, 2025
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD) · Sep 23, 2025
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) · Sep 23, 2025
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) · Sep 23, 2025
- John B. Larson (D-CT) · Sep 23, 2025
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · Sep 23, 2025
- Kim Schrier (D-WA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Mike Quigley (D-IL) · Sep 23, 2025
- Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Paul Tonko (D-NY) · Sep 23, 2025
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Sep 23, 2025
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Sep 23, 2025
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI) · Sep 23, 2025
- Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) · Sep 23, 2025
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Sep 23, 2025
- Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) · Sep 23, 2025
- Darren Soto (D-FL) · Sep 26, 2025
- Gabe Amo (D-RI) · Sep 26, 2025
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) · Sep 26, 2025
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) · Sep 26, 2025
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Sep 26, 2025
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY) · Sep 26, 2025
- Steve Cohen (D-TN) · Sep 26, 2025
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) · Sep 26, 2025
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT) · Sep 30, 2025
- Mike Levin (D-CA) · Sep 30, 2025
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) · Sep 30, 2025
- William R. Keating (D-MA) · Sep 30, 2025
- Lois Frankel (D-FL) · Oct 3, 2025
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · Oct 6, 2025
- Lori Trahan (D-MA) · Oct 6, 2025
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · Oct 6, 2025
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · Oct 8, 2025
- Laura Friedman (D-CA) · Oct 8, 2025
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR) · Oct 14, 2025
- Becca Balint (D-VT) · Oct 17, 2025
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · Oct 17, 2025
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · Oct 17, 2025
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD) · Oct 17, 2025
- John Garamendi (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) · Oct 17, 2025
- Seth Moulton (D-MA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Emily Randall (D-WA) · Oct 21, 2025
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ) · Oct 21, 2025
- Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Oct 21, 2025
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) · Oct 28, 2025
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA) · Oct 28, 2025
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Oct 28, 2025
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · Oct 31, 2025
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · Oct 31, 2025
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · Oct 31, 2025
- George Latimer (D-NY) · Nov 4, 2025
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ) · Nov 7, 2025
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Nov 7, 2025
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN) · Nov 17, 2025
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · Nov 19, 2025
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Nov 21, 2025
- Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Dec 9, 2025
- Sharice Davids (D-KS) · May 13, 2026
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) · May 14, 2026
- Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR) · May 20, 2026
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · May 21, 2026
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) · Jun 3, 2026
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI) · Jun 3, 2026
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · Jun 3, 2026
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Jun 4, 2026
- James P. McGovern (D-MA) · Jul 9, 2026
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD) · Jul 23, 2026
- Dave Min (D-CA) · Sep 3, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Sep 18, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Sep 18, 2025
Introduced in House