# 119-hr-4348: To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.

119-hr-4348, To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4348
- Congress: 119
- Title: To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-07-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-28

## Summary

**Reauthorizes and extends federal programs to strengthen prevention, detection, and response to tick and other vector-borne diseases.** This bill would renew the Kay Hagan Tick Act authorities through 2026 through 2030, broaden participant language, and add explicit authority to increase capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to vector-borne diseases. - Health departments — Sustains enhanced support for state and local public health departments, helping them maintain detection and response activities for vector-borne threats. - Research and regional centers — Continues the National Strategy and Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease and replaces narrow participant language with "appropriate individuals," which broadens who can join planning and response efforts. - Surveillance and response capacity — Adds explicit authority to boost capacity for identifying, reporting, preventing, and responding to vector-borne diseases earlier in the authorization period.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More support to fight vector-borne diseases: benefit, low. If enacted, this would extend federal efforts on tick and other vector-borne diseases through 2026–2030. State and local health departments would keep enhanced support during 2026–2030. The program would be able to increase capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to these diseases during…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4348 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4348)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4348 (as of 2026-10-28).