Bivens Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2025 to Jun 15, 2026; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dave Min | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Nov 18, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 26, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 15, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 194, November 18, 2025, page H4771.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3187 | Bivens Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Nov 18, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide a civil remedy for an individual whose rights have been violated by a person acting under Federal authority, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bivens Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 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.
