John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 171
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 77 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 13, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Feb 13, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 17, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | May 29, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 18, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Christian D. Menefee | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Sep 4, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Everton Blair Jr. | Oct 19, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Nov 2, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 20, 2025Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4876.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3279 | John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act | Identical bill | Nov 20, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
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