Veterans HOPE Act has not moved since its introduction on Nov 4, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedNov 4, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 84 words.
Veterans Heroin Overdose Prevention Examination Act or the Veterans HOPE Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died from opioid overdoses during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran. The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.
Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 109 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 812 words
- Latest action
- Nov 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
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