Right to Contraception Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2024 Motion to table the motion to proceed to the measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate 190 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 4381 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected51–39 | Jun 5, 2024 |
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2024 to Sep 24, 2024; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | May 21, 2024 |
| D-NJ | George S. Helmy | Sep 24, 2024 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3971)
- Jun 5, 2024Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 39. Record Vote Number: 190. (CR S3982)
- Jun 5, 2024Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 190) made in Senate.
- Jun 5, 2024Motion to table the motion to proceed to the measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- Jun 3, 2024Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S3915)
In the Congressional Record 7
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6421 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3963–S3965, S3970, S3972–S3978, S3979–S3983Motions S3982, S3983Cloture motions S3982Recorded votes S3982cloture motion on motion to proceed | Alex Padilla D-CA (cloture motion), Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Bill Cassidy R-LA, Brian Schatz D-HI, Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV (cloture motion), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion, motion), Chris Van Hollen D-MD (cloture motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Christopher Murphy D-CT (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Edward J. Markey D-MA (cloture motion), Gary C. Peters D-MI (cloture motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), Jacky Rosen D-NV, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (cloture motion), John Thune R-SD, John W. Hickenlooper D-CO (cloture motion), Joni Ernst R-IA, Laphonza R. Butler D-CA, Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH (cloture motion), Maria Cantwell D-WA, Mazie K. Hirono D-HI, Patty Murray D-WA, Richard Blumenthal D-CT (cloture motion), Tammy Baldwin D-WI (cloture motion), Tammy Duckworth D-IL (cloture motion), Ted Cruz R-TX, Tina Smith D-MN (cloture motion) | Jun 5, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3938, S3940, S3946–S3949Amendments S3960 | Bill Cassidy R-LA (amendment), Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Elizabeth Warren D-MA, Peter Welch D-VT, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3916, S3925Motions S3915Cloture motions S3915 | Alex Padilla D-CA (cloture motion), Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV (cloture motion), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion, motion), Chris Van Hollen D-MD (cloture motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Christopher Murphy D-CT (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Edward J. Markey D-MA (cloture motion), Gary C. Peters D-MI (cloture motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (cloture motion), John W. Hickenlooper D-CO (cloture motion), Katie Boyd Britt R-AL, Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH (cloture motion), Richard Blumenthal D-CT (cloture motion), Tammy Baldwin D-WI (cloture motion), Tammy Duckworth D-IL (cloture motion), Tina Smith D-MN (cloture motion) | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3863 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | May 23, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-465 | THE ASSAULT ON WOMEN'S FREEDOMS: HOW ABORTION BANS HAVE CREATED A HEALTH CARE NIGHTMARE ACROSS AMERICA119 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jun 4, 2024 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2071 | No description on file | Bill Cassidy R-LA | Senate amendment submitted |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Right to Contraception Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2024Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
