House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Affordability is Access Act of 2026
Official title: To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 152, September 24, 2026, Page H6006):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10597, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.R. 5889 (119th) Eviction Helpline Act
- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Related bills
- S. 5539 (119th) Affordability is Access Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.