S. 2647 · 118th Congress

Authorizes stillbirth research, data collection and public education programs

Official title: SHINE for Autumn Act of 20231

Never got a floor vote

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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The bill would let the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award grants for tracking and collecting data on stillbirths, and would require HHS to issue guidelines for health departments and vital statistics offices on collecting that data.2,3 HHS would also have to publish educational materials on stillbirth, run a fellowship program for training in perinatal autopsy pathology (autopsies of babies who die around the time of birth), support stillbirth research, and report educational guidelines on stillbirth risk factors.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, July 27, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.1
IntroducedJuly 27, 2023
SponsorSen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Cosponsors41 cosponsors (21 Republican, 19 Democratic, 1 independent)
Official recordS. 2647 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, July 27, 2023: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (13)