S 5696 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve presumptions of toxic exposure, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 10, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 10, 2026
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 10, 2026.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAngela D. AlsobrooksOriginalNov 10, 2026
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalNov 10, 2026
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-AZMark KellyOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalNov 10, 2026
D-ORRon WydenOriginalNov 10, 2026

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 10, 2026Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 10, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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