House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Maternal Vaccination Act

H.R. 951Introduced Feb 8, 2021Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
Committee actionJul 21, 2021
Passed HouseNov 30, 2021 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 1, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 951.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 951, Maternal Vaccination Act” on September 22, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2021 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57486
CBO publication date
September 22, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 951, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/951
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-179 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 30, 2021.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 951, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/951
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 23, February 8, 2021, Page H484):
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 951, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/951
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 951, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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

52 cosponsors — 52 Democrats

0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), Al Lawson (D-FL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 22 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alabama in Congress · AL-7 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.