House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
WELLS Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to develop discharge plans for pregnant individuals as a condition of participation under Medicare, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — 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. 7830.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2472):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7830, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Danny Davis (D-IL), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Lucy McBath (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 996 (119th) Impeaching Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
- H.Res. 1342 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 2618 (119th) Federal Firearm Licensee Act
- H.Res. 457 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2025 as "National Gun Violence…
- H.R. 4084 (119th) Access to Birth Control Act
Related bills
- S. 4482 (119th) WELLS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.