Increase penalties for operating illegal drug laboratories and improve public safety measures.
One policy goal, tracked across every bill that has carried it.
What’s happening with Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025?
The effort to increase penalties for illegal drug laboratories is stalled in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as of October 13, 2025, while the Senate version remains in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions as of March 25, 2026. Members of these committees must choose to hold a vote to advance the legislation. Most bills fail because they never receive a committee vote, and this outcome is the most common way for proposed laws to end.
Updated July 9, 2026 · Generated by AI. Always verify with official sources.
Where it stands
Now carried by Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025 (H.R. 5747 (119th)) →
Legislative Progress
No action since October 2025
Next up: A house committee · Nothing moves until they act.
How we got here
Every bill that has carried this goal, oldest first.
Died with Congress · Jan 3, 2025
Died when the 118th Congress ended without final passage. Bills must be reintroduced under a new number to be revived.
Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from H.R. 8065 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8065 (118th) →
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Who’s behind it
Jim Costa (D-CA)Wrote and sponsored the current bill.
