CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 19, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025
This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | May 9, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Oct 13, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1434 | Mark Takano D-CA | Apr 7, 2025 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 32, February 18, 2025, page H723.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-39 | PUTTING FAMILIES FIRST: STRENGTHENING CHAMPVA FOR SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS61 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Serial No. 119-26 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING113 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 12, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 605 | CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025 | Related bill | May 21, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
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.
