House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Kira Johnson Act
Official title: To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8074.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 56, March 25, 2026, Page H2711):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8074, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8074
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 22, 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
62 cosponsors — 62 Democrats
0 of 62 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY) and 32 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 2357 (119th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 114 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Con.Res. 42 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Res. 332 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by…
- H.Res. 1183 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2026, as "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter…
- H.Res. 1040 (119th) Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in during Black History Month.
Related bills
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus ActRelated bill
- S. 4195 (119th) Kira Johnson ActRelated bill
- S. 5283 (119th) Momnibus ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.