HR 4282 — Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-07-02
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors
- Whitesides, George (D, CA-27) — cosponsor
- Hageman, Harriet M. (R, WY-0) — cosponsor
- Bentz, Cliff (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
- Castor, Kathy (D, FL-14) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | VENABLE LLP | AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION | $30,000 | H.R. 4282 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | HUTTON STRATEGIES | 1-800 CONTACTS | $75,000 | HR 4282 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-07-02 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Whitesides, George | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hageman, Harriet M. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Bentz, Cliff | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Castor, Kathy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | 1-800 CONTACTS | lobbies_on_bill | — | HR 4282 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 4282 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castor, Kathy (D, house FL-14) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 2 | Hageman, Harriet M. (R, house WY) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Whitesides, George (D, house CA-27) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Bentz, Cliff (R, house OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-800 CONTACTS | 1 | $75,000 | 0 | $0 | $75,000 |
| 2 | AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION | 1 | $30,000 | 0 | $0 | $30,000 |
| 3 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 88 | $19,273 | $19,273 |
| 4 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 7 | $3,994 | $3,994 |
| 5 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 6 | montage international | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | bnp paribas | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 8 | mount sinai health system | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 9 | self | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,025 | $1,025 |
| 10 | davis polk & wardwell llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 11 | crosswalk labs inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | microsoft | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | accelerate strategies | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 15 | morgan stanley | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 16 | joseph l. caballero cpa / eroc advisor | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 17 | best best & krieger llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 18 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $300 | $300 |
| 19 | dclrs | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 20 | composite panel assoc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 21 | mcbreen & nowak p.a. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | land iq llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | harvard university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 24 | university of southern california | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
| 25 | cis | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 2 yes / 0 no / 275 unknown · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bentz, Cliff (R · house · OR-2) · cosponsor
- Castor, Kathy (D · house · FL-14) · cosponsor
- Hageman, Harriet M. (R · house · WY) · cosponsor
- Whitesides, George (D · house · CA-27) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Whitesides, George (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bentz, Cliff (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Castor, Kathy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hageman, Harriet M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by 1-800 CONTACTS (hr 4282) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION (h.r. 4282) · lobbying_bill_mention