H.R. 382 · 118th Congress

Ends the COVID-19 public health emergency declared in January 2020

Official title: Pandemic is Over Act1

Did not become lawPublic health emergency powers and workplace vaccine requirements

§1What it does

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The bill would end the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency that the Secretary of Health and Human Services declared on January 31, 2020, along with any renewals of that declaration.2,3 The emergency would end on the day the bill became law.2,3,4

§2Status

StatusLatest action, February 1, 2023: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.1
IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
SponsorRep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Cosponsors44 cosponsors (44 Republican)
Official recordH.R. 382 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

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House, January 31, 2023

On Passage: Passed — 220 yes, 210 no, 4 not voting.5