S 4504 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022

Introduced Jul 12, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 12, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 12, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022

This bill prohibits anyone from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state reproductive health care. (Reproductive health care is defined as medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services related to pregnancy, the termination of a pregnancy, contraception services, and other reproductive care.)

Specifically, the bill prohibits anyone from restricting, discriminating against, or otherwise disadvantaging anyone who receives, provides, or assists with out-of-state reproductive health care that is legal in the state in which it is provided.

The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations. The bill specifically waives any applicable governmental immunity and preempts any contravening state laws.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2022 to Jul 27, 2022; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJul 12, 2022
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MTJon TesterOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-VATim KaineOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-MNTina SmithOriginalJul 12, 2022
D-NHJeanne ShaheenJul 13, 2022
D-DEThomas R. CarperJul 13, 2022
D-ORJeff MerkleyJul 19, 2022
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyJul 26, 2022
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinJul 27, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 12, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 12, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4593Patty Murray D-WASep 14, 2022
SenateDebate and remarks S3350Debbie Stabenow D-MIJul 19, 2022
SenateDebate and remarks S3287, S3290–S3296, S3300–S3302Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV, James Lankford R-OK, John W. Hickenlooper D-CO, Maria Cantwell D-WA, Michael F. Bennet D-CO, Patty Murray D-WA, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Ron Wyden D-OR, Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI, Sherrod Brown D-OH, Steve Daines R-MT, Tim Kaine D-VAJul 14, 2022

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2053Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023Reintroduced BillJun 20, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2022Introduced in Senate

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