Deafblind DATA Act
Latest action · Apr 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2025 to Aug 17, 2026; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 17, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 22, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Mike Kennedy | May 15, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | May 20, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Aug 17, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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. 67, April 17, 2025, page H1613.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on deafblind individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Deafblind DATA Act
- Deafblind Disabled Americans Table Approximation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 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.
