PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

H.R. 1318: Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

Before you vote › Federal bills

H.R. 1318: Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Health · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-344.

federal

Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 115-344. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

Plain summary

Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 and revise certain Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs that support state and local surveillance of maternal mortality. Among other changes, the bill authorizes the CDC to support state and tribal maternal mortality review committees. Such committees must collect, analyze, and report specified data relating to pregnancy-associated deaths (i.e., deaths from any cause during, or within one year of, pregnancy) and pregnancy-related deaths (i.e., deaths from any cause during, or within one year of, pregnancy that are related to pregnancy or its management, excluding accidental or incidental causes).

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · 192 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Diana DeGette (D-CO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), James A. Himes (D-CT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Peter Welch (D-VT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) and 132 more.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Words on this page, explained (1)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1318 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115