House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Love Lives On Act of 2025
Official title: To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1004.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Article I, Section 8, clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1004, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
182 cosponsors — 52 Republicans, 129 Democrats, 1 independent
130 of 182 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and 152 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson.
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- H.R. 38 (119th) Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- H.R. 5269 (119th) RESULTS Act
- H.R. 1870 (119th) SPEED for BEAD Act
Related bills
- S. 410 (119th) Love Lives On Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.