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Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025
This bill bars the printing of any $20 note after December 31, 2028, which does not prominently feature a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the front face of the note.
The Department of the Treasury shall release to the public the preliminary design of the $20 note prominently featuring a portrait of Harriet Tubman no later than December 31, 2026.
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Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] · D–OH
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-10 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require every U.S. $20 note printed after December 31, 2028, to prominently feature Harriet Tubman’s portrait on the front. It would also require the Treasury Secretary to publish a preliminary design by December 31, 2026. These are proposed requirements governing currency design and printing; the supplied evidence does not establish that they became law.
No $20 note of United States currency may be printed after December 31, 2028, which does not prominently feature a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the front face of the note.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall release to the public the preliminary design of the $20 note prominently featuring a portrait of Harriet Tubman no later than December 31, 2026.
Section 1 gives the proposal the short title “Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025.”
This Act may be cited as the Woman on the Twenty Act of 2025.
Section 2 presents congressional findings as background. It describes Treasury’s historical role in choosing paper currency designs and recounts an April 20, 2016, announcement that Harriet Tubman would appear on the front of the $20 note. This account of an announcement does not establish that the redesign was implemented.
2. Findings Congress finds the following:
The Secretary of the Treasury has historically selected the designs shown on Federal Reserve notes with the advice of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
After a lengthy period of public engagement between the public and the Department of the Treasury, on April 20, 2016, then-Treasury Secretary Lew announced that for the first time in more than a century, the front of our currency will feature the portrait of a woman—Harriet Tubman on the $20 note.
Section 3(a) would add a rule to an existing federal currency statute prohibiting the printing of $20 notes after December 31, 2028, unless Harriet Tubman’s portrait appears prominently on the front. The proposed rule regulates printing and sets no expiration date or express exception.
Section 5114(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
No $20 note of United States currency may be printed after December 31, 2028, which does not prominently feature a portrait of Harriet Tubman on the front face of the note.
Section 3(b) would make the Treasury Secretary responsible for publicly releasing a preliminary $20 note design prominently featuring Harriet Tubman by December 31, 2026. That deadline concerns a preliminary design, not the issuance of redesigned notes.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall release to the public the preliminary design of the $20 note prominently featuring a portrait of Harriet Tubman no later than December 31, 2026.
The official-actions snapshot updated October 7, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Financial Services on March 10, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-07T15:41:36Z. 2025-03-10: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 2025-03-10: Introduced in House
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