House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act
Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave for the spontaneous loss of an unborn child, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ashley Hinson R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5397.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HINSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 151, September 16, 2025, Page H4364):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5397, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 December 5, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ashley Hinson.
- H.R. 1869 (119th) Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2026
- H.R. 6359 (119th) Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
- H.R. 2262 (119th) Flexibility for Workers Education Act
- H.R. 2552 (119th) RIFLE Act
- H.R. 4673 (119th) Save Our Bacon Act
- H.R. 7498 (119th) After Hours Child Care Act
Related bills
- S. 2418 (119th) HEALING Mothers and Fathers ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.