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S. 2578: Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014

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S. 2578: Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-09 · Health · Latest: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 228) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4535)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 228 (2014): On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed, S2578 (2014-07-16), Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 228) entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4535) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014

Plain summary

Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014 - Affirms requirements, notwithstanding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, that: (1) an employer that establishes or maintains a group health plan for its employees must provide coverage of a specific item or service for the employees or their dependents where the coverage is required under federal provisions or regulations pursuant to those provisions; and (2) group health plans sponsored by an employer or employee organization, and any health insurance coverage, must provide coverage required under the Public Health Service Act, including preventive health services. Authorizes the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury to modify regulations concerning coverage of contraceptive services by group health plans of religious employers consistent with the purposes and findings (regarding coverage of birth control services and the Supreme Court decisions in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell ) of this Act.

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Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · 46 cosponsors

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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s2578 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113