HR 5655 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

No Shame at School Act of 2025

Introduced Sep 30, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Ilhan Omar D-MN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 30, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2025 to Nov 18, 2025; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ORAndrea SalinasOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ILDelia C. RamirezOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-PADwight EvansOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAKevin MullinOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CARo KhannaOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalSep 30, 2025
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 30, 2025
D-TXJulie JohnsonOct 8, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveOct 8, 2025
D-MEChellie PingreeNov 12, 2025
D-CAMike ThompsonNov 12, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuNov 18, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 30, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 30, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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
HouseDebate and remarks H670James P. McGovern D-MAJan 13, 2026

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 160, September 30, 2025, page H4510.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require mandatory certification for certain students and reduce stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
No Shame at School Act of 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House

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