To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition.
Latest action · Jul 22, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 22, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 168
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 22, 2025 |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Apr 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 29, 2026 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 29, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | May 29, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 8, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 15, 2026 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2025 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2025 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 22, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2025Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 125, July 22, 2025, page H3553.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1552 | Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 | Related bill | Mar 11, 2026 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 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.
