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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Emilia Strong Sykes(D-OH)
- Introduced
- Mar 21, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (111)
Original cosponsors (88)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Becca Balint (D-VT)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC)
- Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL)
- Derek Tran (D-CA)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
- Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- John B. Larson (D-CT)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Katherine M. Clark (D-MA)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
- LaMonica McIver (D-NJ)
- Laura Friedman (D-CA)
- Lauren Underwood (D-IL)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Lori Trahan (D-MA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
- Marilyn Strickland (D-WA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
- C001127
- S001193
- S001207
Added later (23)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN) · Mar 24, 2025
- Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · Mar 24, 2025
- Dwight Evans (D-PA) · Mar 24, 2025
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Mar 24, 2025
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Mar 24, 2025
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD) · Mar 24, 2025
- Norma J. Torres (D-CA) · Mar 24, 2025
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) · Mar 24, 2025
- George Latimer (D-NY) · Mar 25, 2025
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY) · Mar 25, 2025
- Juan Vargas (D-CA) · Mar 25, 2025
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) · Mar 25, 2025
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Mar 27, 2025
- Kelly Morrison (D-MN) · Mar 27, 2025
- Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) · Mar 27, 2025
- Maxine Dexter (D-OR) · Mar 31, 2025
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) · Apr 7, 2025
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · Apr 17, 2025
- Lucy McBath (D-GA) · Jun 26, 2025
- Sharice Davids (D-KS) · Jun 26, 2025
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) · Aug 19, 2025
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · Jan 21, 2026
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY) · Apr 16, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that every individual has the right to emergency health care, including abortion care.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 21, 2025 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. - Mar 21, 2025
Submitted in House