US HR1249 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-30 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 30 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-04-30 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2029 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.
Title
Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights
Sponsors
| Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA] | Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY] |
| Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT] | Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI] | Rep. LaMonica McIver [D-NJ] |
| Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL] | Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | House | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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. |
| 2026-04-30 | House | Submitted in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1249/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres1249/BILLS-119hres1249ih.pdf |
