Written Informed Consent Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2025 to Nov 10, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Aug 1, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Aug 1, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Mar 5, 2026 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Mar 9, 2026 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Mike Kennedy | May 15, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Jul 15, 2026 | |
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Jul 21, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Sep 15, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Nov 9, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Nov 10, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Nov 10, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Aug 1, 2025Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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. 133, August 1, 2025, page H3674.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3314 | Written Informed Consent Act | Related bill | Dec 2, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand a directive of the Veterans Health Administration regarding informed consent to apply to certain types of medications.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Written Informed Consent Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 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.
