HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 9, 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.
- IntroducedSep 9, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Sep 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 23, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Mar 3, 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 Sep 9, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 9, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 9, 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. 147, September 9, 2025, page H4165.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove a limitation on payments for certain home or community-based services waivers under the Medicaid program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 9, 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.
