House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ensuring OB–GYN Care in Prisons Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologists for female prisoners, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7733.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FOUSHEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7733, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7733
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emily Randall (D-WA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7535 (119th) Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026
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- H.R. 7657 (119th) Military Family Diaper Partnership Act
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.