Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 15, 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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2025 to Jul 23, 2026; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 23, 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 Sep 30, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 15, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 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. 160, September 30, 2025, page H4510.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in connection with the furnishing of health care under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 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.
