House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
National Plan for Epilepsy Act
Official title: To establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Costa D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1189.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1189, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
101 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 74 Democrats
27 of 101 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Troy Downing (R-MT), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Costa.
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- H.Res. 844 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of October 2025 as "Crime Prevention Month".
- H.R. 5355 (119th) Ian Kalvinskas Pediatric Liver Cancer Early Detection and Screening Act
- H.Res. 1190 (119th) Supporting the designation of April 19 through April 25, 2026, as "National Crime Victims' Rights Week".
- H.R. 1376 (119th) Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 494 (119th) National Plan for Epilepsy ActIdentical 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.