United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 33 D · 14 R cosponsors

S 2903 — Safe Step Act

Last action — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced September 18, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 47 sponsors

    1 primary, 46 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (33 D · 14 R) — cross-party backing.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds a requirement for an exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols to existing law.

  • 29 U.S.C. 1185b

    SEC. 713A. REQUIRED EXCEPTIONS PROCESS FOR MEDICATION STEP THERAPY PROTOCOLS.

    Creates a new section that requires an exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols.

Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  3. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 46 co-sponsors · 500 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (46)

Not signed on (500)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors S 2903?
S 2903 is sponsored by Murkowski, Lisa (Republican), Hassan, Margaret Wood (Democratic), Marshall, Roger (Republican), Rosen, Jacky (Democratic), Padilla, Alex (Democratic), Hickenlooper, John W. (Democratic), Merkley, Jeff (Democratic), Sullivan, Dan (Republican), Warnock, Raphael G. (Democratic), Hyde-Smith, Cindy (Republican), Cortez Masto, Catherine (Democratic), Moran, Jerry (Republican), Cramer, Kevin (Republican), Kaine, Tim (Democratic), Budd, Ted (Republican), Shaheen, Jeanne (Democratic), Booker, Cory A. (Democratic), Wyden, Ron (Democratic), Coons, Christopher A. (Democratic), Blumenthal, Richard (Democratic), Boozman, John (Republican), Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (Democratic), Tillis, Thomas (Republican), Heinrich, Martin (Democratic), Klobuchar, Amy (Democratic), Van Hollen, Chris (Democratic), Schiff, Adam B. (Democratic), Kelly, Mark (Democratic), Fischer, Deb (Republican), Peters, Gary C. (Democratic), Duckworth, Tammy (Democratic), Ossoff, Jon (Democratic), Smith, Tina (Democratic), Collins, Susan M. (Republican), Gallego, Ruben (Democratic), Warner, Mark R. (Democratic), Welch, Peter (Democratic), Whitehouse, Sheldon (Democratic), Murray, Patty (Democratic), Hirono, Mazie K. (Democratic), Kim, Andy (Democratic), Cantwell, Maria (Democratic), Capito, Shelley Moore (Republican), Justice, James C. (Republican), Husted, Jon (Republican), Murphy, Christopher (Democratic), and Slotkin, Elissa (Democratic).
What is the current status of S 2903?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced September 18, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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