Microplastics Safety Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jul 17, 2025 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Mike Haridopolos | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Aug 6, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Aug 6, 2026 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Nov 2, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Nov 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Nov 2, 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 Jul 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 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. 123, July 17, 2025, page H3476.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-46 | MEMBER DAY248 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Dec 12, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2353 | Microplastics Safety Act | Identical bill | Jul 17, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Microplastics Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 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.
