H.R. 1520 · 119th Congress

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

Introduced on Feb 24, 2025 by Kat Cammack (R-FL-3). 28 cosponsors, 13 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 24, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Cosponsors
28
13 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants.

Subjects

  • Administrative remedies
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
  • Public-private cooperation

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 24, 2025). Public domain.

Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act

This bill expressly prohibits health care providers and other entities involved in matching donated organs with recipients from denying or restricting an individual's access to organ transplants solely on the basis of the individual's disability, except in limited circumstances.

Specifically, these entities may consider an individual's disability when making decisions about transplants only if a physician finds, based on an individualized evaluation, that the individual's physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of the transplant. A disability shall not be considered medically significant if the individual has an adequate support system in place to comply with transplant-related medical requirements.

These entities must also make reasonable changes to their policies to make transplants and related care more available to individuals with disabilities.

Aggrieved individuals may bring claims of discrimination to the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill provides for expedited resolutions of these claims.

In addition, the board of directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network may not issue policies that prohibit or hinder access to an organ transplant based solely on the individual's disability. This network is a public-private partnership linking professionals involved in the U.S. organ donation and transplantation system.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Kat CammackR-FL-3Sponsor

Democrats · 13

Republicans · 15

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 24, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Apr 29, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Apr 29, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 1.
  6. Jun 12, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-159.
  7. Jun 12, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-159.
  8. Jun 12, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
  9. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseMr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2858-2860)
  11. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1520.
  12. Jun 23, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
  13. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2858-2859)
  14. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Jun 24, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES6 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  2. United Network for Organ Sharing6 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING$42.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS5 reports
  4. National Down Syndrome Society5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  5. Autism Speaks4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  6. American Medical Association3 reports
    $18.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  7. CHRONIC CARE POLICY ALLIANCE2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.