Cosponsors - H.R.4827 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025
Support the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025 to provide medical debt relief.
Occurrences
Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) , alongside Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) introduced legislation to push back against recent efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back federal protections aiming to keep medical debt off Americans’ credit reports. Their Medical Debt Relief Act would ban all medical debt from appearing on credit reports and prohibit creditors from considering Americans’ medical debt in their decisions on whether to extend them credit.
H.R.4827 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025
Evidence
Congress.gov lists Rep. Nikema Williams as the sponsor of H.R. 4827, the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025, introduced on 2025-07-29. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Financial Services the same day.
Williams's official House office announced on 2025-07-29 that she, along with Sen. Merkley and Rep. Correa, introduced the Medical Debt Relief Act. The release says the bill would ban medical debt from appearing on credit reports and prohibit creditors from using it in credit decisions.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Nikema Williams as the sponsor of H.R. 4827, the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025, introduced on 2025-07-29. The bill page still shows the latest action as referral to the House Committee on Financial Services and the status as Introduced.
Assessments
Williams is the named sponsor of H.R. 4827, the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025, and her office publicly announced the bill on the date it was introduced. The claim asks her to support the act, and sponsoring/introducing the legislation satisfies that promise even though the bill has not yet advanced into law.
Williams promised to support the Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025. The evidence shows she directly sponsored H.R. 4827 and publicly introduced the bill in her current House term on July 29, 2025. Because the promise was framed as supporting the Act rather than securing enactment, sponsorship and introduction satisfy the pledged action even if the bill had only been referred to committee at that point.