House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Second Chance at Life Act of 2025
Official title: To ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5485.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):Article 1. Sec 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 16 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5485, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Russell Fry (R-SC), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS), David Kustoff (R-TN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), John McGuire (R-VA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Barry Moore (R-AL), John Rose (R-TN), Keith Self (R-TX), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
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- H.R. 1949 (119th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025
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- H.R. 7084 (119th) Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026
- H.R. 881 (119th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.