ADOPT Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 20, 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 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | May 4, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 26, 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 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 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. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4876.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3285 | ADOPT Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Dec 1, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize unlawful adoption practices.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ADOPT Act of 2025
- Adoption Deserves Oversight, Protection, and Transparency Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 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.
