House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to Contraception Act
Official title: To protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
Sponsor: Rep. Lizzie Fletcher D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 999.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FLETCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 999, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 2, 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
211 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 210 Democrats
1 of 211 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), 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), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and 181 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher.
- H.Res. 191 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Sylvester Turner.
- H.R. 4099 (119th) Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act
- H.R. 8968 (119th) No Presidential Self-Serving Lawsuits Act of 2026
- H.R. 7392 (119th) To impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 369 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public…
- H.R. 2047 (119th) Pink Tariffs Study Act
Related bills
- S. 422 (119th) Right to Contraception ActRelated 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.