119th Congress
H.Res. 1212
Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Agreed to
- Sponsor
- Pramila Jayapal(D-WA)
- Introduced
- Apr 23, 2026
- Policy area
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (27)
Original cosponsors (25)
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Added later (2)
- Deborah K. Ross (D-NC) · Apr 29, 2026
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Apr 29, 2026
Summary
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Latest action(Apr 23, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Roll-call votes
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Actions
- Apr 23, 2026 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. - Apr 23, 2026 · House
Submitted in House