Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act
A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 7 cosponsors
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act," aims to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. It focuses on enhancing the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program. The primary goal is to expand the use of data collection tools to track fatal and nonfatal overdoses. It also seeks to track the administration of opioid overdose reversal medication. The bill promotes the use of a web-based, mobile-friendly software platform for this purpose.
Yes
- Scored +7
Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?
The bill enhances the ability to track and respond to overdoses in real-time to combat the opioid crisis.
- Scored +5
Does this make health care easier to get in general?
The bill improves access to public health responses and intervention through better data tracking of overdoses.
- Scored +5
Would Native Americans be better off under this?
The bill explicitly includes Indian tribes as eligible entities for the overdose data collection program.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Enhanced Data Tracking: The bill allows States, local governments, law enforcement coalitions, or Indian tribes to develop tools, such as mobile data mapping applications, to easily and quickly track the locations of suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses and the administration of reversal medication (Section 3, subsection (g)(1)).
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Coordinated Responses: Those implementing the program are required to support the development of coordinated public safety, behavioral health, and public health responses based on the collected data (Section 3, subsection (g)(3)(A)).
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Targeted Intervention: The program requires a focus on areas where fatal and nonfatal overdoses occur and trends that are of concern (Section 3, subsection (g)(3)(B)).
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Information Sharing: The bill ensures interoperability between existing Federal, State, local, and Tribal overdose data collection tools (Section 3, subsection (g)(3)(C)). It also requires that data collected through the program be made available to Federal, State, Tribal, and territorial governments and coalitions of law enforcement agencies (Section 3, subsection (g)(3)(D)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Grant Restrictions for Law Enforcement Coalitions: A coalition of law enforcement agencies is eligible to receive a grant only for the specific purpose of implementing the overdose data collection program (Section 3, subsection (g)(2)(A)).
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Administrative Burdens: Entities seeking a grant to implement these programs must conduct an audit of available data and resources and include that audit as part of their grant application (Section 3, subsection (g)(4)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths? — The bill enhances the ability to track and respond to overdoses in real-time to combat the opioid crisis. Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill improves access to public health responses and intervention through better data tracking of overdoses.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would Native Americans be better off under this? — The bill explicitly includes Indian tribes as eligible entities for the overdose data collection program.
- 10/23/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 10/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/28/2025
- Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 7/24/2025
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 3/24/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
John CornynRepublican · Texas
Christopher CoonsDemocrat · Delaware
Chuck GrassleyRepublican · Iowa
Amy KlobucharDemocrat · Minnesota
Mark KellyDemocrat · Arizona
Jon OssoffDemocrat · Georgia