Conscience Protection Act of 2025
Latest action · May 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.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2025 to Apr 9, 2026; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Original | May 14, 2025 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 19, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | May 20, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Mark Harris | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Apr 9, 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 May 14, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2025Introduced in House
- May 14, 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. 81, May 14, 2025, page H2053.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1756 | Conscience Protection Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 19, 2026 |
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 prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Conscience Protection Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 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.
