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H.R. 2975 (116th): Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019

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To protect a woman's ability to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide reproductive health care services, including abortion services.

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Sponsor and status

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Judy Chu

Sponsor. Representative for California's 27th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: May 23, 2019
Length: 21 pages
Introduced
May 23, 2019
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on May 23, 2019, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Cosponsors

217 Cosponsors (217 Democrats)

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Position statements

What legislators are saying

“Bi-Cameral Bill to Protect Abortion Access Gets First House Hearing in Decades”
    — Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA28] (Sponsor) on Feb 12, 2020

“Engel Blasts Trump Administration for Playing Politics with Reproductive Health Care During Pandemic”
    — Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY16, 2013-2020] (Co-sponsor) on May 29, 2020

“Burgess: The Question of Abortion, Sometimes Reduced to Yet Another Political Issue to Debate, is Personal for Me”
    — Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX26] on Feb 12, 2020

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History

Nov 13, 2013
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 3471 (113th).
Jan 21, 2015
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 448 (114th).
Mar 2, 2017
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1322 (115th).
May 23, 2019
 
Introduced

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Feb 12, 2020
 
Considered by Health

A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.

Feb 28, 2022
 
Reintroduced Bill — Failed Cloture in the Senate

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 3755 (117th).
Jul 15, 2022
 
Reintroduced Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 8296 (117th).

H.R. 2975 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2975. This is the one from the 116th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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