Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 26, 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 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2025 to Oct 19, 2026; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Sep 26, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Aug 17, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 19, 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 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 26, 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. 158, September 26, 2025, page H4503.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish nonvisual accessibility standards for certain devices with digital interfaces, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 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.
