House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Climate Health Emergency Act of 2025
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEXTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 24, 2026
- 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.
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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
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.
- H.R. 4446 (119th) FAST VETS Act
- H.R. 5941 (119th) Restoring Access for Detainees Act
- H.R. 9270 (119th) Dignity and Due Process for Children Act of 2026
- H.R. 4976 (119th) Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act
- H.R. 10255 (119th) Penalties for Polluters Act
- H.R. 10256 (119th) Taxpayer Relief from Big Oil 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.