Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
Introduced
Summary
Statewide senior legal hotlines would get federal grants to deliver free, phone-based civil legal help to older adults, with a focus on those with the greatest social and economic need. The bill would set up competitive grants, require coordination with legal aid and aging networks, and require nonprofit or partnership applicants to provide a 25% non-Federal match.
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- Older adults: Older individuals would gain access to no-cost, telephone-based civil legal services and referrals across each State, prioritizing people with the greatest economic and social need.
- Legal aid providers and nonprofits: Eligible entities are nonprofits or partnerships with state or local governments that already run or can operate statewide hotlines and must demonstrate capacity to serve the whole State.
- State aging networks and legal ecosystem: Grant recipients must coordinate with State agencies, Legal Services Corporation-funded programs, law school clinics, pro bono attorneys, and aging network providers to expand referrals and representation.
- Federal support: Establishes federal grant funding to build and operate statewide hotlines.
*Would authorize $10.0 million per year from 2027 through 2031 for these grants, increasing federal spending over that period.*
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More free legal help for seniors
This bill would create competitive federal grants to fund statewide legal hotlines for people age 65 and older. Grants would go to nonprofits or nonprofit–government partnerships that already run a hotline or can run one statewide. Grantees would need trained attorneys, paralegals, staff, and volunteers, and must coordinate with State aging and legal aid networks and set up referral systems for representation. Applicants would have to identify the State served and provide at least a 25% non‑Federal match (in‑kind allowed). The program would be authorized at $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/13/2026
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