S 273 · 119th Congress 2025โ€“2027

Small Business Child Care Investment Act

Latest action · Feb 10, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.

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. IntroducedJan 28, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 28, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 28, 2025
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalJan 28, 2025
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJan 28, 2025

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Referred Jan 28, 2025Markup Feb 5, 2025Reported Feb 10, 2025

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 10, 2025Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Ernst with an amendment. Without written report.
  2. Feb 10, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
  3. Feb 5, 2025Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
  4. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in Senate
  5. Jan 28, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 14, 2025S. 273, Small Business Child Care Investment ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on February 10, 2025

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7109Small Business Child Care Investment ActRelated billJan 15, 2026

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Small Business Child Care Investment Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Small Business Child Care Investment Act

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 10, 2025Reported to Senate
  2. Jan 28, 2025Introduced in Senate

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