Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJan 29, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-MT | Tim Sheehy | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Jan 30, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Feb 3, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Bernie Moreno | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Apr 8, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 29, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 29, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-150 | PROTECTING FLORIDA'S SENIORS: FIGHTING FRAUD AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION49 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Aug 7, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48724 | Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program Included in P.L. 119-21, the FY2025 Reconciliation Law | Report | Sep 26, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 817 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students. | Related bill | Jan 28, 2025 |
| HR 833 | Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Jan 31, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
