SPEAK Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge Act of 2025 or the SPEAK Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance with best practices for improving telehealth services for non-English speakers, including with respect to using interpreters, providing accessible instructions, and enabling multi-person video calls.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2025 to Nov 4, 2025; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Mar 14, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Nov 4, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 | Lists H1162H.R. 2092–2111 | — | Mar 14, 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. 49, March 14, 2025, page H1162.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 891 | Bipartisan Health Care Act | Related bill | Mar 6, 2025 |
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
| HR 2263 | Telehealth Coverage Act of 2025 | Related bill | Mar 21, 2025 |
| HR 7148 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 | Related bill | Feb 3, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SPEAK Act of 2025
- Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 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.
