House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2025

H.R. 3128Introduced Apr 30, 2025Policy area: Taxation

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat diapers as qualified medical expenses; and to prohibit States and local governments to impose a tax on the retail sale of diapers.

Sponsor: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 30, 2025
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Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3128.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 72, April 30, 2025, Page H1777):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2025 ↗
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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

28 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 27 Democrats

1 of 28 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-12 district

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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.