House rejects a motion to send the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act back to committee
On Motion to Recommit
DEC 18, 2025 · 2:55 PM ET
A party-line vote. 5 votes short of the 209 needed.
Since 2021 this motion can't change the bill, so it's mostly symbolic.
MOTION TO RECOMMIT →Since 2021 this motion can't change the bill, so it's mostly symbolic.
MOTION TO RECOMMIT →What the House was voting on
The House voted on whether to send H.R. 498 back to committee instead of keeping it on the floor for a passage vote; this was a procedural motion, not a vote on the bill’s policy. The bill would prohibit federal Medicaid payments for specified gender-transition procedures for people under 18. The motion fell 5 votes short of the 209 needed.
Send H.R. 498 back to committee instead of voting on passage now.
Keep H.R. 498 on the floor for its passage vote.
Bars federal Medicaid payments for specified gender-transition procedures for people under 18, with exceptions for certain medical conditions and emergencies.
Passed the House 215–201 on Dec. 18, 2025. Now waiting in the Senate, 635 days after it was introduced.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
209 is a majority of the 416 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
A straight party-line voteStraight party line.
Every vote on H.R. 498, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 498
- DEC 17#343Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 953)AGREED TO204–203
- DEC 17#344On the rule (H.Res. 953)AGREED TO213–209
- DEC 18#361THIS VOTEMotion to recommitFAILED204–2125 votes short of the 209 needed.
- DEC 18#362On passagePASSED215–2014 Democrats voted yes
