House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equity in STI Testing Act
Official title: To require the coverage of testing for certain sexually transmitted infections without the imposition of cost-sharing, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9946.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5199):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9946, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 6, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
- H.R. 4423 (119th) No New Burma Funds Act
- H.R. 1640 (119th) HEIRS Act of 2025
- H.Res. 30 (119th) Honoring the life, achievements, legacy, and public service of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.
- H.Con.Res. 65 (119th) Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.
- H.R. 4917 (119th) Expanding the VOTE Act
- H.R. 4910 (119th) Sustaining Our Democracy Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.