Ellie’s Law
Latest action · Apr 7, 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 7, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Kristen Shafer Englert, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's Law
This bill authorizes through FY2030 appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Apr 7, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Apr 7, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Apr 7, 2025 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 6, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 2, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 10, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jul 14, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Oct 22, 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 7, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 7, 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. 62, April 7, 2025, page H1461.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1609 | Ellie’s Law | Related bill | May 6, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for further comprehensive research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on unruptured intracranial aneurysms, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ellie’s Law
- Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Kristen Shafer Englert, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 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.
