119th Congress
S. 2903
Safe Step Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski(R-AK)
- Introduced
- Sep 18, 2025
- Policy area
- Health
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (52)
Original cosponsors (18)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Added later (34)
- John Boozman (R-AR) · Oct 1, 2025
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) · Oct 1, 2025
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · Oct 1, 2025
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · Oct 7, 2025
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · Oct 7, 2025
- Thom Tillis (R-NC) · Oct 7, 2025
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) · Oct 21, 2025
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) · Oct 23, 2025
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · Oct 23, 2025
- Deb Fischer (R-NE) · Oct 27, 2025
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI) · Nov 19, 2025
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Dec 4, 2025
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · Dec 9, 2025
- Tina Smith (D-MN) · Dec 16, 2025
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME) · Feb 12, 2026
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · Feb 24, 2026
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA) · Feb 25, 2026
- Peter Welch (D-VT) · Mar 2, 2026
- Patty Murray (D-WA) · Mar 5, 2026
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · Mar 5, 2026
- Andy Kim (D-NJ) · Mar 10, 2026
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · Mar 10, 2026
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA) · Mar 17, 2026
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · Mar 25, 2026
- James C. Justice (R-WV) · Apr 28, 2026
- Jon Husted (R-OH) · Jun 2, 2026
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · Jun 9, 2026
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) · Jun 15, 2026
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · Jul 28, 2026
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Jul 28, 2026
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) · Jul 28, 2026
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) · Jul 29, 2026
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · Sep 17, 2026
- John Fetterman (D-PA) · Sep 24, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Mar 19, 2026): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. - Sep 18, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Sep 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate