diff --git a/components/bill/Status.tsx b/components/bill/Status.tsx
index b672769fd..42226395f 100644
--- a/components/bill/Status.tsx
+++ b/components/bill/Status.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,28 @@ export const Status = ({ bill }: BillProps) => {
   const handleShowBillHistory = () => setShowBillHistory(true)
   const handleCloseBillHistory = () => setShowBillHistory(false)
   const history = last(bill.history)
+  const today = new Date().toISOString()
+
+  // revisit this when we revisit translations for the backend
+  const target1 = "Hearing scheduled for "
+  const target2 = "Hearing rescheduled to "
+
+  let hearingCheck = false
+  if (
+    history?.Action.startsWith(target1) ||
+    history?.Action.startsWith(target2)
+  ) {
+    hearingCheck = true
+  }
+
+  let hearingDate = ""
+  if (history?.Date) {
+    hearingDate = history.Date
+  }
+  let dateCheck = false
+  if (hearingDate < today) {
+    dateCheck = true
+  }
 
   if (!history) return null
   return (
@@ -34,7 +56,7 @@ export const Status = ({ bill }: BillProps) => {
           className="text-truncate ps-4"
           onClick={handleShowBillHistory}
         >
-          {history.Action}
+          {hearingCheck && dateCheck ? t("bill.hearing_held") : history.Action}
         </StyledButton>
         <Modal show={showBillHistory} onHide={handleCloseBillHistory} size="lg">
           <Modal.Header closeButton onClick={handleCloseBillHistory}>
diff --git a/public/locales/en/common.json b/public/locales/en/common.json
index a0a3d5fe2..8ad0918c4 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/common.json
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
     "disclosure_date": "Disclosure Date",
     "download_pdf": "Download PDF",
     "example_name": "Example Name",
+    "hearing_held": "Hearing Held",
     "hearing_scheduled_for": "Hearing Scheduled for {{date, datetime(year: 'numeric'; month: 'long'; day: 'numeric'; hour: 'numeric'; minute: 'numeric')}}",
-    "hearing_video_and_transcript" : "Hearing Video + Transcript", 
+    "hearing_video_and_transcript" : "Hearing Video + Transcript",
     "history": "History",
     "icon": {
       "commerce": "Commerce",