House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Perinatal Workforce Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, 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. 8089.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 56, March 25, 2026, Page H2711):Based on Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8089, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8089
- 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
43 cosponsors — 43 Democrats
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), 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), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), 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), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Seth Moulton (D-MA) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 4186 (119th) Perinatal Workforce ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus 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.