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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Frank Pallone, Jr.

Democrat · NJ · Representative

Votes with party: 98.0% (551 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/P000034

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Cosponsors (76)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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.

2025-09-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-09-18
House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-09-18
House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-09-18

Previously

Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-18
Education and Workforce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-18
Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-18

Plain-English Summary

Protecting Free Vaccines Act This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Health

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