House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025

H.R. 3415Introduced May 14, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Janice Schakowsky D-IL

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IntroducedMay 14, 2025
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Latest action: May 14, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 3415.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 81, May 14, 2025, Page H2053):
Section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution
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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

49 cosponsors — 49 Democrats

0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and 19 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.

Related bills

S. 1709 (119th) Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-9 district

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