House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Safe Step Act
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5509.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5509, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
169 cosponsors — 56 Republicans, 113 Democrats
113 of 169 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and 139 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
- H.R. 2988 (119th) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
- H.R. 4626 (119th) Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
- H.R. 4122 (119th) Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 4214 (119th) Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 5169 (119th) Retire through Ownership Act
- H.R. 7895 (119th) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
Related bills
- S. 2903 (119th) Safe Step ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.