House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove a limitation on payments for certain home or community-based services waivers under the Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 147, September 9, 2025, Page H4165):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 136 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5228, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 3276 (119th) Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization 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.