SANE Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 4, 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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in VA Hospitals Act of 2025 or the SANE Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to employ at each of its hospitals and urgent care facilities at least one sexual assault nurse examiner or a health care provider who is qualified to conduct a sexual assault forensic examination.
The bill also provides that after examining an individual for sexual assault, a VA health care provider must verbally refer the individual to mental health care services furnished by the VA in a VA hospital or by a non-VA provider under the Veterans Community Care Program if the wait time for services at a VA hospital exceeds 30 days.
In providing such duties related to sexual assault care, the VA must ensure that there is no reduction in, or negative effect on, the patient care responsibilities otherwise carried out by its employees.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2025 to Feb 2, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 2, 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 Jan 22, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 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. 13, January 22, 2025, page H300.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that sexual assault nurse examiners are employed at certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SANE Act of 2025
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in VA Hospitals 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.
- Jan 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.
