House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFER Health Act of 2026
Official title: To ensure the privacy of pregnancy termination or loss information under the HIPAA privacy regulations and the HITECH Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Sara Jacobs D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9470, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
729b4c179fe20b1b82fc3aa5391252df49162e58e68a80eff0327a8542a2f747
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 9, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs.
- H.R. 6196 (119th) Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act
- H.R. 7052 (119th) Conflict Prevention Act
- H.R. 3916 (119th) My Body, My Data Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 23 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
- H.R. 1196 (119th) Protect U.S. National Security Act
- H.Con.Res. 82 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Related bills
- S. 4920 (119th) SAFER Health Act of 2026Identical bill
- S. 323 (118th) SAFER Health Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.