Nicole Saphier

Where this nomination stands

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 962. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate. · September 30, 2026

1. ReceivedMay 11, 2026
2. Sent to committeeMay 11, 2026
3. HearingSeptember 16, 2026
4. Committee voteSeptember 30, 2026
5. On the Senate calendarSeptember 30, 2026
6. Senate vote
7. Outcome

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Description on the record: Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years, vice Vivek Hallegere Murthy, resigned.

Senate votes

Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.

No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.

Committee steps

• Referred To May 11, 2026: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
• Hearings By (full committee) September 16, 2026: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
• Markup By September 30, 2026: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
• Reported By September 30, 2026: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Every recorded action

• May 11, 2026Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• September 16, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
• September 30, 2026Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 962. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
• September 30, 2026Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.
• September 30, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported favorably.