House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Close the Medigap Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain reforms with respect to medicare supplemental health insurance policies.
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 610.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 610, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/610
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 22, 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
45 cosponsors — 45 Democrats
0 of 45 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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- H.R. 2045 (119th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- H.R. 930 (119th) Stop the Wait Act of 2025
- H.R. 1918 (119th) Farewell to Foam Act of 2025
- H.R. 609 (119th) Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.