House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Official title: To improve obstetric emergency care.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1254.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1254, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
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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
48 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 33 Democrats
15 of 48 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), James Moylan (R-GU), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Zachary Nunn (R-IA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robin Kelly.
- H.R. 2001 (119th) Action for Dental Health Act
- H.Res. 996 (119th) Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.Res. 1342 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 2618 (119th) Federal Firearm Licensee Act
- H.Res. 457 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2025 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 4084 (119th) Access to Birth Control Act
Related bills
- S. 380 (119th) Rural Obstetrics Readiness ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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