Bills · 119th Congress · S. 3279

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Kirsten E. Gillibrand DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Families.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

29 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
Brian Schatz DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Cory A. Booker DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tina Smith DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
John W. Hickenlooper DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Adam B. Schiff DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jeff Merkley DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Christopher A. Coons DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Chris Van Hollen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tammy Baldwin DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Edward J. Markey DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Ron Wyden DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tammy Duckworth DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jacky Rosen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Bernard Sanders IIndependentOriginal cosponsor
Christopher Murphy DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Tim Kaine DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Richard Blumenthal DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
John Fetterman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Amy Klobuchar DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Jeanne Shaheen DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Alex Padilla DDemocrat
Richard J. Durbin DDemocrat
Elizabeth Warren DDemocrat
Ben Ray Luján DDemocrat
Angela D. Alsobrooks DDemocrat
Mark Kelly DDemocrat
Peter Welch DDemocrat
Michael F. Bennet DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Introduced in Senate

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee (Senate)Referred To, November 20, 2025; Referred To, November 20, 2025

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