Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 31, 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 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2025 to Aug 3, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Apr 21, 2026 |
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 31, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 57, March 31, 2025, page H1376.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve children's vision and eye health through grants to States, territories, and Tribal organizations, and the provision of technical assistance to support those efforts.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 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.
