Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act
Latest action · Nov 19, 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.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Nov 19, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jan 6, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Feb 13, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Mar 12, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 30, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Apr 15, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | May 7, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 13, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | May 26, 2026 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Aug 13, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 10, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Sep 15, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 16, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Oct 6, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 9, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 19, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 195, November 19, 2025, page H4817.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3211 | Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act | Related bill | Sep 14, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Office of Management and Budget to consider revising the Standard Occupational Classification system to establish a separate code for direct support professionals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
