House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
Official title: To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Takano D-CAWhere 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 Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, Financial Services, and Education and Workforce, 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. 7853.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):For citation to a clause or section in an article of the original Constitution: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 110 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7853, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7853
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 October 23, 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
187 cosponsors — 187 Democrats
0 of 187 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Everton Blair (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and 157 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 5723 (119th) Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality Act
- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8868 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
- H.R. 821 (119th) Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3990 (119th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.