House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act of 2025
Official title: To require Federal law enforcement and prison officials to obtain or provide immediate medical attention to individuals in custody who display medical distress.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3603.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2369):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3603, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 14, 2026). 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.R. 5889 (119th) Eviction Helpline Act
- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.