House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEAR Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of hearing aids and related hearing services.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Mullin D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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. 6218.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4877):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6218, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 26, 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 January 26, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Mullin.
- H.R. 7945 (119th) Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026
- H.Res. 188 (119th) Affirming the obligation of the President of the United States to comply with court orders.
- H.R. 1428 (119th) Poverty Line Act of 2025
- H.R. 3459 (119th) Empty Lots to Housing Act
- H.R. 10131 (119th) National Archives Protection Act
- H.R. 5650 (119th) Weatherization Resilience and Adaptation Program 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.