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H.R. 6181 · 119th Congress

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

IntroducedFamilies
IntroducedNov 20, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Nov 20, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

What it does

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What has happened

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Cosponsors

  • Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
  • Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
  • Gabe Amo D-RI-1
  • Yassamin Ansari D-AZ-3
  • Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
  • Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
  • Joyce Beatty D-OH-3
  • Wesley Bell D-MO-1
  • Ami Bera D-CA-6
  • Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA-8
  • Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GA-2
  • Everton Blair Jr. D-GA-13
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  • Suzanne Bonamici D-OR-1
  • Brendan F. Boyle D-PA-2
  • Shontel M. Brown D-OH-11
  • Julia Brownley D-CA-26
  • Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
  • Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
  • André Carson D-IN-7
  • Troy A. Carter D-LA-2
  • Sean Casten D-IL-6
  • Kathy Castor D-FL-14
  • Joaquin Castro D-TX-20
  • Judy Chu D-CA-28
  • Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. D-CA-31
  • Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
  • Emanuel Cleaver D-MO-5
  • Steve Cohen D-TN-9
  • Jim Costa D-CA-21
  • Angie Craig D-MN-2
  • Jasmine Crockett D-TX-30
  • Sharice Davids D-KS-3
  • Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
  • Diana DeGette D-CO-1
  • Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT-3
  • Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
  • Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
  • Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
  • Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
  • Lloyd Doggett D-TX-37
  • Sarah Elfreth D-MD-3
  • Adriano Espaillat D-NY-13
  • Dwight Evans D-PA-3
  • Lizzie Fletcher D-TX-7
  • Bill Foster D-IL-11
  • Lois Frankel D-FL-22
  • Laura Friedman D-CA-30
  • John Garamendi D-CA-8
  • Robert Garcia D-CA-42
  • Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX-29
  • Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL-4
  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA-3
  • Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
  • Jimmy Gomez D-CA-34
  • Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
  • Al Green D-TX-9
  • Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
  • Josh Harder D-CA-9
  • Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
  • Pablo José Hernández D-PR-At Large
  • James A. Himes D-CT-4
  • Steven Horsford D-NV-4
  • Chrissy Houlahan D-PA-6
  • Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
  • Jared Huffman D-CA-2
  • Glenn Ivey D-MD-4
  • Sara Jacobs D-CA-51
  • Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
  • Julie Johnson D-TX-32
  • Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
  • Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA-37
  • Marcy Kaptur D-OH-9
  • Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
  • Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL-8
  • Greg Landsman D-OH-1
  • John B. Larson D-CT-1
  • George Latimer D-NY-16
  • Summer L. Lee D-PA-12
  • Susie Lee D-NV-3
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM-3
  • Mike Levin D-CA-49
  • Ted Lieu D-CA-36
  • Stephen F. Lynch D-MA-8
  • John W. Mannion D-NY-22
  • Doris O. Matsui D-CA-7
  • Lucy McBath D-GA-6
  • Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
  • April McClain Delaney D-MD-6
  • Betty McCollum D-MN-4
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MI-8
  • Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
  • James P. McGovern D-MA-2
  • LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
  • Gregory W. Meeks D-NY-5
  • Analilia Mejia D-NJ-11
  • Christian D. Menefee D-TX-18
  • Robert Menendez D-NJ-8
  • Grace Meng D-NY-6
  • Kweisi Mfume D-MD-7
  • Gwen Moore D-WI-4
  • Jared Moskowitz D-FL-23
  • Seth Moulton D-MA-6
  • Frank J. Mrvan D-IN-1
  • Kevin Mullin D-CA-15
  • Joe Neguse D-CO-2
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY-14
  • Johnny Olszewski, Jr. D-MD-2
  • Ilhan Omar D-MN-5
  • Jimmy Panetta D-CA-19
  • Chris Pappas D-NH-1
  • Scott H. Peters D-CA-50
  • Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
  • Stacey E. Plaskett D-VI-At Large
  • Mark Pocan D-WI-2
  • Nellie Pou D-NJ-9
  • Ayanna Pressley D-MA-7
  • Mike Quigley D-IL-5
  • Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
  • Emily Randall D-WA-6
  • Jamie Raskin D-MD-8
  • Josh Riley D-NY-19
  • Luz M. Rivas D-CA-29
  • Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
  • Raul Ruiz D-CA-25
  • Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
  • Linda T. Sánchez D-CA-38
  • Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
  • Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL-9
  • Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL-10
  • Hillary J. Scholten D-MI-3
  • Kim Schrier D-WA-8
  • Rep. David Scott D-GA-13
  • Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA-3
  • Terri A. Sewell D-AL-7
  • Brad Sherman D-CA-32
  • Lateefah Simon D-CA-12
  • Eric Sorensen D-IL-17
  • Darren Soto D-FL-9
  • Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM-1
  • Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
  • Marilyn Strickland D-WA-10
  • Suhas Subramanyam D-VA-10
  • Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CA-14
  • Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH-13
  • Mark Takano D-CA-39
  • Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
  • Mike Thompson D-CA-4
  • Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
  • Dina Titus D-NV-1
  • Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
  • Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
  • Paul Tonko D-NY-20
  • Ritchie Torres D-NY-15
  • Norma J. Torres D-CA-35
  • Lori Trahan D-MA-3
  • Derek Tran D-CA-45
  • Lauren Underwood D-IL-14
  • Juan Vargas D-CA-52
  • Marc A. Veasey D-TX-33
  • Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
  • Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
  • James R. Walkinshaw D-VA-11
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL-25
  • Maxine Waters D-CA-43
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ-12
  • George Whitesides D-CA-27
  • Nikema Williams D-GA-5
  • Frederica S. Wilson D-FL-24