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Climate Health Emergency Act of 2025

H.R. 4493Introduced Jul 17, 2025Policy area: Health

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare a public health emergency in connection with health risks associated with climate change, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Dexter D-OR
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3548-3549)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4493.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4493, last updated February 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats

0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emily Randall (D-WA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dexter.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress · OR-3 district

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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.