Reentry Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 1, 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.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reentry Act of 2025
This bill allows for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release. The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report on specified information relating to the accessibility and quality of health care for incarcerated individuals, including the impact of the bill's changes.
Cosponsors 86
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026; 61 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-KS | Derek Schmidt | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Apr 1, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jun 12, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Nicholas J. Begich III | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Sep 10, 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 Apr 1, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 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. 58, April 1, 2025, page H1406.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during the 30-day period preceding their release.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reentry Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 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.
