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HR 497

118th Congress

Latest action 2024-12-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

This bill number also appears in other loaded Congresses: 119th, 117th, 116th, 115th, 114th, 113th, 112th, 111th, 110th, 109th, 108th (bill numbers are reused each Congress, so these are different bills).

Freedom for Health Care Workers Act bill

sponsor
D000615
introduced
2023-01-25
cosponsors
75
lobbying filings citing it
19
money facing its subject
the record
no source link on the row
7 CRS legislative subjects, as written

Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Health personnel, Immunology and vaccination, Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicaid, Medicare

Actions: 21 on the record

The record's own timeline, word for word, newest first. An action that names a committee links to it.

datetypeaction, as writtencommittee
2023-01-25 IntroReferral Introduced in House
2023-01-25 IntroReferral Introduced in House
2023-01-25 IntroReferral Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
2023-01-25 IntroReferral Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Committee on Ways and Means
2023-01-31 Floor Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 75 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 7, H.R. 139, H.R. 382 and H.R. 497. All bills are considered under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit.
2023-01-31 Floor Rule H. Res. 75 passed House.
2023-01-31 Floor Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 75. (consideration: CR H539-551)
2023-01-31 Floor Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 7, H.R. 139, H.R. 382 and H.R. 497. All bills are considered under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit.
2023-01-31 Floor DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 497.
2023-01-31 Floor The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2023-01-31 Floor Ms. Jacobs moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H548-551) House Committee on Energy and Commerce
2023-01-31 Floor The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
2023-01-31 Floor POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 497, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pallone demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2023-01-31 Floor Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H551-553)
2023-01-31 Floor On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 219 (Roll no. 97). House Committee on Energy and Commerce
2023-01-31 Floor Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 98). (text: CR H539)
2023-01-31 Floor On passage Passed by recorded vote: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 98). (text: CR H539)
2023-01-31 Floor Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2023-02-01 IntroReferral Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Committee on Finance
2023-02-03 Committee Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Health
2024-12-17 Committee Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Committee on Ways and Means: Health

Cosponsors: 75

In order of signing; an original cosponsor signed on introduction day. A withdrawal stays on the record, marked, never deleted.

memberpartystatesigned
A. Drew Ferguson IV Republican GA 2023-01-25 original
Andrew Ogles Republican TN 2023-01-25 original
Andy Biggs Republican AZ 2023-01-25 original
Anna Paulina Luna Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
August Pfluger Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Austin Scott Republican GA 2023-01-25 original
Barry Moore Republican AL 2023-01-25 original
Beth Van Duyne Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Bill Posey Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
Brett Guthrie Republican KY 2023-01-25 original
Brian J. Mast Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
Byron Donalds Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican WA 2023-01-25 original
Dan Bishop Republican NC 2023-01-25 original
Dan Crenshaw Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Diana Harshbarger Republican TN 2023-01-25 original
Doug LaMalfa Republican CA 2023-01-25 original
Elise M. Stefanik Republican NY 2023-01-25 original
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford Republican AR 2023-01-25 original
Gary J. Palmer Republican AL 2023-01-25 original
Gus M. Bilirakis Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
Guy Reschenthaler Republican PA 2023-01-25 original
Jack Bergman Republican MI 2023-01-25 original
Jake Ellzey Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Jerry L. Carl Republican AL 2023-01-25 original
Jodey C. Arrington Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Joe Wilson Republican SC 2023-01-25 original
John H. Rutherford Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
John R. Moolenaar Republican MI 2023-01-25 original
Kelly Armstrong Republican ND 2023-01-25 original
Larry Bucshon Republican IN 2023-01-25 original
Lauren Boebert Republican CO 2023-01-25 original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican IA 2023-01-25 original
Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican GA 2023-01-25 original
Mary E. Miller Republican IL 2023-01-25 original
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. Republican MT 2023-01-25 original
Max L. Miller Republican OH 2023-01-25 original
Michael C. Burgess Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Michael Cloud Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Michael Guest Republican MS 2023-01-25 original
Mike Johnson Republican LA 2023-01-25 original
Nancy Mace Republican SC 2023-01-25 original
Neal P. Dunn Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
Nicole Malliotakis Republican NY 2023-01-25 original
Paul A. Gosar Republican AZ 2023-01-25 original
Pete Sessions Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Ralph Norman Republican SC 2023-01-25 original
Randy K. Weber, Sr. Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Richard Hudson Republican NC 2023-01-25 original
Richard McCormick Republican GA 2023-01-25 original
Rick W. Allen Republican GA 2023-01-25 original
Robert E. Latta Republican OH 2023-01-25 original
Ronny Jackson Republican TX 2023-01-25 original
Russell Fry Republican SC 2023-01-25 original
Scott Perry Republican PA 2023-01-25 original
Thomas Massie Republican KY 2023-01-25 original
Troy Balderson Republican OH 2023-01-25 original
Vern Buchanan Republican FL 2023-01-25 original
William R. Timmons IV Republican SC 2023-01-25 original
Greg Pence Republican IN 2023-01-26
Kat Cammack Republican FL 2023-01-26
Michael Waltz Republican FL 2023-01-26
Rudy Yakym III Republican IN 2023-01-26
Andrew R. Garbarino Republican NY 2023-01-27
H. Morgan Griffith Republican VA 2023-01-27
Russ Fulcher Republican ID 2023-01-27
Anthony D’Esposito Republican NY 2023-01-30
Ben Cline Republican VA 2023-01-30
Bill Johnson Republican OH 2023-01-30
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter Republican GA 2023-01-30
Josh Brecheen Republican OK 2023-01-30
Adrian Smith Republican NE 2023-01-31
Harriet M. Hageman Republican WY 2023-01-31
John S. Duarte Republican CA 2023-01-31
John W. Rose Republican TN 2023-01-31

Lobbying: 19 filings cite this bill

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Money facing this bill

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$1.5M

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subjectHealth

members counted76

members with a candidacy in 202475

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from individual donors whose organizations lobby on Health, the bill's policy area, reached the 76 members who sponsor or cosponsor it, in the 2024 cycle, more than 90% of Health bills. From PACs whose sponsors lobby on it: $5.6M, counted separately.

This is money tied to the bill's subject, not money given for or against the bill. It shows what an organization lobbies on, not what position it takes, and no gift is tied to a bill.

The members it reached, and who gave it

The organizations are each member's three largest on this subject. A group of organizations is shown by name only after a person has reviewed it.

Lobbying clients that named this bill in their filings
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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 3
53%

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AMERIHEALTH CARITAS 3
92%

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ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INC 3
3%

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AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION 2
9%

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ATLANTICARE 1
44%

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CENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 1
47%

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NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION 1
44%

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ST. JOSEPHS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 1
59%

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TRAUMA CENTER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 1
100%

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VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM 1
45%

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VIRTUA 1
44%

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VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION HEALTH GROUP 1
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Money facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3 · ‡ self-reported text ‡ small donors invisible ‡ lobbying estimates

Votes: 2 roll calls tied to this bill by the chambers' own documents

Tallies are the chambers' own published numbers. ‡ votes, not motives

datechamberquestionresultyeasnaysrecord
2023-01-31 house On Motion to Recommit Failed 210 219 the chamber's document
2023-01-31 house On Passage Passed 227 203 the chamber's document

Coverage: bills are loaded for Congresses 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119. We have not collected a Congress missing from that list, so its bills do not show here even though they exist. Lobbying citations cover the LDA years we collected; votes cover the loaded roll-call files. ‡ correlation, not purchase ‡ lobbying estimates ‡ votes, not motives