# 119-hr-8153: Maternal Vaccination Act

119-hr-8153, Maternal Vaccination Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8153
- Congress: 119
- Title: Maternal Vaccination Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Cosponsors: 67
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**Expand maternal vaccination outreach and equity**. This bill would refocus the Maternal Vaccination Awareness and Equity Campaign to reach pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children, with extra emphasis on racial and ethnic minority groups. - Would explicitly add pregnant and postpartum individuals to the campaign’s target audience and make raising their vaccination rates a stated program goal. - Would extend the campaign’s beneficiary group to include the children of pregnant and postpartum individuals, linking maternal outreach to pediatric vaccination efforts. - Would add “obstetric” to the campaign’s outreach language so messaging and activities also target obstetric care settings and clinicians. - Would specifically direct activity toward increasing vaccination among racial and ethnic minority groups. - Would raise the campaign’s authorized funding from $15 million per year (previously set for 2021–2025) to $17 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2031. *Would increase federal spending by about $2 million per year during fiscal years 2027–2031 for the campaign.*

## Cosponsors (67)

- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More vaccination help for pregnant people: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would expand the Maternal Vaccination Awareness and Equity Campaign to explicitly include pregnant and postpartum people. It would add obstetric care settings to prenatal and pediatric outreach. The bill would add a new program goal to increase vaccination rates for pregnant a…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8153 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8153)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8153 (as of 2026-10-24).