Child Care for Every Community Act
Latest action · Feb 4, 2026 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Ocasio-Cortez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5658, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
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.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 74
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 30, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026, with 42 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Sep 30, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2026ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Ocasio-Cortez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5658, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2939 | Child Care for Every Community Act | Identical bill | Sep 30, 2025 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adoption and foster care
- Adult education and literacy
- Advisory bodies
- Building construction
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child care and development
- Comprehensive health care
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Families
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor-management relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Nutrition and diet
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Preschool education
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Right of privacy
- School administration
- Science and engineering education
- Special education
- State and local government operations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- User charges and fees
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
