Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
Latest action · Dec 4, 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.
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 82
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2025 to Nov 10, 2026; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-NC | Mark Harris | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-IN | Marlin A. Stutzman | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Original | Dec 4, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| R-WV | Riley M. Moore | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-UT | Mike Kennedy | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Vince Fong | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Robert F. Onder, Jr. | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Jimmy Patronis | May 14, 2026 | |
| R-LA | Julia Letlow | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Matt Van Epps | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| R-MT | Troy Downing | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Jul 6, 2026 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Jul 14, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Sep 4, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Sep 4, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Jefferson Shreve | Sep 15, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Clay Fuller | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Nov 5, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Nov 10, 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 Dec 4, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 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. 203, December 4, 2025, page H5052.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2955 | Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act | Identical bill | Sep 30, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal penalties for the knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing drug to a woman without her informed consent, if the abortion-inducing drug has been shipped or transported in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 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.
