Harriet Tubman finally gets her place on U.S. currency
H.R. 1976 — Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025 · Filed by Joyce Beatty (D-OH) · 39 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 10, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the U.S. Treasury to print $20 bills with Harriet Tubman's portrait on the front, replacing Andrew Jackson's current image. The bill sets a deadline of December 31, 2028, for all new $20 notes to feature Tubman, and requires the Treasury to release preliminary designs by December 31, 2026. It honors Tubman as the first woman to appear on circulating U.S. currency.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a mandate to redesign the $20 note to feature Harriet Tubman. It is a straightforward commemorative and symbolic measure with no hidden provisions, tax effects, or regulatory carve-outs.
What the text implies
- The bill codifies a design decision that the Treasury Department announced in 2016 but has not yet implemented, effectively removing executive discretion to delay or abandon the redesign.
- The December 31, 2028 deadline creates a hard constraint on the Treasury's production schedule and may accelerate the retirement of existing Jackson-portrait $20 notes from circulation.
- By mandating Tubman's portrait 'prominently' on the front face, the bill forecloses alternative designs (e.g., shared portraits or secondary placement) that the Treasury might otherwise consider.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill advances public commemoration of a historically significant American figure (Harriet Tubman) and achieves gender representation on circulating currency for the first time. There is no direct cost to citizens; the Treasury was already planning this redesign, and currency redesigns occur routinely without public expense beyond normal production cycles.
Named in the bill
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Federal Reserve, Harriet Tubman, 31 U.S.C. § 5114(b)
Where it stands
39 cosponsors: 39 Democrats.
- Mar 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Financial Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,209 characters) on May 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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