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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act

S. 5433Introduced Sep 17, 2026Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Official title: A bill to authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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

3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat

2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.

John Curtis (R-UT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Sheehy (R-MT).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla.

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Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress

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Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.