RISE Act
Latest action · Nov 12, 2026 Held at the desk.
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 7, 2026
- Passed SenateNov 9, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2026 to Jul 27, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jan 7, 2026 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jan 7, 2026 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jan 7, 2026 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jan 7, 2026 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jan 7, 2026 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Jul 23, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2026Markup Jul 30, 2026Reported Aug 5, 2026 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 12, 2026Received in the House.
- Nov 12, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 12, 2026Held at the desk.
- Nov 9, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5376-5377; text: CR S5376-5377)
- Aug 5, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Aug 5, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 543.
- Jul 30, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 7, 2026Introduced in Senate
- Jan 7, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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
- Sep 30, 2026S. 3589, RISE ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on August 5, 2026
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- RISE Act
- Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- RISE Act
- Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- RISE Act
- Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2026Engrossed in Senate
- Aug 5, 2026Reported to Senate
- Jan 7, 2026Introduced 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.
