House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
Official title: To establish leave policies of the Armed Forces for a member to seek an abortion.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Houlahan asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1742, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1742.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H921):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1742, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1742, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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
80 cosponsors — 80 Democrats
0 of 80 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
- H.R. 5658 (119th) Child Care for Every Community Act
- H.R. 2081 (119th) Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 537 (119th) INCREASE Housing Affordability Act
- H.R. 1435 (119th) Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 896 (119th) Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025
- H.R. 1272 (119th) Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.