House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act
Official title: To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID19 vaccines for students or staff.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3044.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 70, April 28, 2025, Page H1684):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3044, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3044
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 26, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 26, 2025). 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Andy Harris (R-MD), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rose (R-TN), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Keith Self (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer.
- H.R. 6213 (119th) Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
- H.R. 2270 (119th) Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
- H.R. 7720 (119th) Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 6466 (119th) Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 4107 (119th) GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- H.R. 7547 (119th) DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.