# 119-hr-1976: Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025

119-hr-1976, Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH); status introduced (as of 2026-10-09).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1976
- Congress: 119
- Title: Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 39
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-09

## Summary

**Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 Federal Reserve note.** The bill would require that portrait and would require the Secretary of the Treasury to release a preliminary design by December 31, 2026, and would bar printing any $20 note after December 31, 2028 that does not prominently feature Harriet Tubman on the front. - Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing would have to publish a preliminary Tubman $20 design by Dec. 31, 2026 and could not print $20 notes after Dec. 31, 2028 that do not show her on the front. - The public would get a $20 bill that prominently features Harriet Tubman on the front, establishing a woman as a front-face portrait on U.S. paper currency. - The law would formalize a specific design outcome and a public timetable for the $20 note, shifting future currency-design obligations toward implementing that portrait.

## Cosponsors (39)

- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Harriet Tubman on future $20 bills: mixed, low. If enacted, Treasury would have to release a draft $20 design with Harriet Tubman by December 31, 2026. After December 31, 2028, Treasury could not print new $20 bills unless Harriet Tubman is on the front. This would change how $20 bills look, but not your taxes or benefits. Any printing costs wou…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1976 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1976)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1976 (as of 2026-10-09).