House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Carter R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1909.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1909, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
24 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 24 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Kat Cammack (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1455 (119th) ITS Codification Act
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- H.R. 2289 (119th) American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 1768 (119th) Lower Costs for Everyday Americans ActRelated bill
- S. 2621 (119th) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for State-based maternal mortality review committees, to direct the…Related bill
- S. 891 (119th) Bipartisan Health Care ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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