S. 2903 119th Congress Senate

Safe Step Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2025 Introduced by: Lisa Murkowski Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 19, 2026

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

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Sep 18, 2025

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

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What's happening now March 19, 2026

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

Hearings & markups 1

Member Day to examine S.297, to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and he…
Meeting Mar 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM EDT · Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 109

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

THE KPM GROUP DC LLC
for SOLENO THERAPEUTICS, INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
for EPILEPSY FOUNDATION · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
for BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT)
for BAYER CORPORATION (CONSOLIDATED REPORT) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ABBVIE, INC.
for ABBVIE INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
109 filings
SENATE
109 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
62 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
62 filings
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
33 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
23 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
21 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
21 filings

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Cosponsors 52