S 2777 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Child Care Stabilization Act

Introduced Sep 13, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 13, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 13, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Child Care Stabilization Act

This bill provides additional funding through FY2028 for child care stabilization grants under which lead state agencies make subgrants to child care providers for personnel costs, facility costs, the purchase of personal protective equipment, and other costs related to providing child care services.

Cosponsors 38

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 13, 2023 to Dec 5, 2023; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalSep 13, 2023
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalSep 13, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-RIJack ReedOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 13, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-VATim KaineOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalSep 13, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinSep 19, 2023
D-COMichael F. BennetSep 19, 2023
D-NVJacky RosenOct 26, 2023
D-CALaphonza R. ButlerDec 5, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Sep 13, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 13, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5662–S5668Amy Klobuchar D-MN, Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV, Christopher Murphy D-CT, Debbie Stabenow D-MI, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Patty Murray D-WA, Ron Wyden D-OR, Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI, Tim Kaine D-VA, Tina Smith D-MNNov 29, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
IN12243What Is the Child Care Funding Cliff? ArchivedInsightSep 20, 2023

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5433Child Care Stabilization ActIdentical billSep 13, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to increase child care options for working families and support child care providers.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Child Care Stabilization Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 13, 2023Introduced in Senate

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