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HR 497Freedom for Health Care Workers Act

Congress 118

Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · H11100 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.
  2. · H11100 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.
  3. · Intro-H Introduced in House
  4. · 1000 Introduced in House
  5. · H38310 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  6. · H37100 On passage Passed by recorded vote: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 98). (text: CR H539)
  7. · 8000 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 227 - 203 (Roll no. 98). (text: CR H539)
  8. · H36210 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 219 (Roll no. 97).
  9. · H30000 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H551-553)
  10. · H8D000 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.
  11. · H8A000 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  12. · H36200 Ms. Jacobs moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H548-551)
  13. · H35000 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  14. · H8D000 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 497.
  15. · H8D000 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.
  16. · H30000 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 75. (consideration: CR H539-551)
  17. · H1L220 Rule H. Res. 75 passed House.
  18. · H1L210 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.
  19. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  20. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  21. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Inbound (16)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
Ferguson, A. Drewcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Bishop, Dancosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Burgess, Michael C.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Pence, Gregcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Cloud, Michaelcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Cammack, Katcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Donalds, Byroncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Hageman, Harriet M.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Greene, Marjorie Taylorcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Mast, Brian J.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Yakym, Rudycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Waltz, Michaelcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Scott, Austincosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
McMorris Rodgers, Cathycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Bucshon, Larrycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
Moolenaar, John R.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Cloud, Michael (R, house TX-27)cosponsor23
2Cammack, Kat (R, house FL-3)cosponsor12
3Hageman, Harriet M. (R, house WY)cosponsor12
4Mast, Brian J. (R, house FL-21)cosponsor12
5Bishop, Dan (R, house NC-8)cosponsor01
6Bucshon, Larry (R, house IN-8)cosponsor01
7Burgess, Michael C. (R, house TX-26)cosponsor01
8Donalds, Byron (R, house FL-19)cosponsor01
9Ferguson, A. Drew (R, house GA-3)cosponsor01
10Greene, Marjorie Taylor (R, house GA-14)cosponsor01
11McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R, house WA-5)cosponsor01
12Moolenaar, John R. (R, house MI-2)cosponsor01
13Pence, Greg (R, house IN-6)cosponsor01
14Scott, Austin (R, house GA-8)cosponsor01
15Waltz, Michael (R, house FL-6)cosponsor01
16Yakym, Rudy (R, house IN-2)cosponsor01

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.

#OrgLDA filingsLDA spendDonor employeesEmployee donationsTotal
1retired0$0814$51,960$51,960
2none0$0227$33,602$33,602
3corpac0$01$6,500$6,500
4self employed0$017$4,071$4,071
5s-3 group0$01$3,700$3,700
6daniel defense0$01$3,500$3,500
7columna0$01$3,300$3,300
8heritage construction + materials0$01$3,300$3,300
9self0$045$2,750$2,750
10h2 capital, inc.0$01$2,500$2,500
11mediatek inc.0$01$2,000$2,000
12mercer university0$01$1,500$1,500
13planet technologies0$01$1,000$1,000
14hines corporation0$01$1,000$1,000
15florida imaging consultants0$01$1,000$1,000
16phoenix wood products0$01$1,000$1,000
17ww investment group, llc0$01$1,000$1,000
18dla piper llp0$01$1,000$1,000
19savills0$01$1,000$1,000
20earhart turner llc0$01$1,000$1,000
21bowen farming ent0$01$1,000$1,000
22harbinger strategies0$01$1,000$1,000
23blackstone dilworth0$01$1,000$1,000
24self-employed0$05$665$665
25eei, inc.0$01$500$500

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.

10 predicted yes (2%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 267 unknown (49%)

By party: · R: 10 yes / 0 no / 267 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

10 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + 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.

  1. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Moolenaar, John R. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Mast, Brian J. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Ferguson, A. Drew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Yakym, Rudy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Dan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bucshon, Larry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Scott, Austin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Greene, Marjorie Taylor (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Donalds, Byron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cloud, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cammack, Kat (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Waltz, Michael (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Pence, Greg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hageman, Harriet M. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Burgess, Michael C. (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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