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119-hr-6678119th CongressWALLET

Senior Legal Hotline Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative 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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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.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • 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" [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

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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