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H.R. 3420 · 119th Congress

Words Matter Act of 2025

Introduced May 15, 2025Policy area: Health

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: In committee

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Summary

Words Matter Act of 2025

This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  2. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  3. House

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  4. Introduced in House