S. 921 · 119th Congress

Tyler’s Law

Introduced on Mar 10, 2025 by Jim Banks (R-IN). 13 cosponsors, 7 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 24, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Cosponsors
13
7 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

A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing as a routine procedure for patients experiencing an overdose, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hospital care
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Jim BanksR-INSponsor

Democrats · 7

Republicans · 6

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. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 10, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  3. Jan 15, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jan 28, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Jan 28, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Jan 28, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 307.
  7. Mar 23, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Mar 23, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1559-1560; text: CR S1559-1560)
  9. Mar 24, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. Mar 24, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. Mar 24, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

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. Emergency Nurses Association12 reports
    $277.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION$201.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. National Alliance on Mental Illness2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  4. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $5.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.