Senate bill · 111th Congress · Public Law 111-256

Rosa's Law

S. 2781Introduced Nov 17, 2009Policy area: Health

Became law on Oct 5, 2010.

Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Mikulski D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 17, 2009
Committee actionMay 26, 2010
Passed SenateAug 5, 2010 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseSep 22, 2010 · by voice vote
To the PresidentSep 23, 2010
Became lawOct 5, 2010

Latest action: Oct 5, 2010 — Became Public Law No: 111-256.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2781.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2781, Rosa's Law” on June 23, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 26, 2010</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2010 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21552
CBO publication date
June 23, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2781, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2781
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2781, Rosa's Law” on June 23, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 26, 2010”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2010 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21552
CBO publication date
June 23, 2010
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2781, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2781
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1df4393154b4036a9ed0c3004a5dde3971278d90aa436b22e74501ae28875e1
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 111-244 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on August 3, 2010.
Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 2010 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/244
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2781, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2781
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1df4393154b4036a9ed0c3004a5dde3971278d90aa436b22e74501ae28875e1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2781, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

44 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent

12 of 44 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Roland Burris (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Paul Kirk (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and 14 more.

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