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S. 4701119th CongressCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2026
Sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · 35 active : 34 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Where it standsBefore the Senate5 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFreedom to Travel for Health Care Act of
2026
This bill prohibits anyone from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state reproductive health care. (
Reproductive health care
is defined as medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services and care related to pregnancy, including the prevention or termination of a pregnancy, and other reproductive care.)
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Specifically, the bill prohibits anyone from restricting, discriminating against, or otherwise disadvantaging anyone who receives, provides, or assists with out-of-state reproductive health care that is legal in the state in which it is provided.
The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations. The bill specifically waives any applicable governmental immunity and preempts any contravening state laws.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to
Subjects
No legislative subjects recorded yet. Similar-vote matching falls back to the policy area.
How the Senate breaks down
- 5Swing 70–100
- 38Middle 30–70
- 57Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
35 activeShow all 35 cosponsors
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
