House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Written Informed Consent Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand a directive of the Veterans Health Administration regarding informed consent to apply to certain types of medications.
Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4837.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4837, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4837
- 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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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
38 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 38 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Donald Davis (D-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), J. Hill (R-AR), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Max Miller (R-OH), John Moolenaar (R-MI) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
Related bills
- S. 3314 (119th) Written Informed Consent ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.