119th Congress
S. 3279
John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand(D-NY)
- Introduced
- Nov 20, 2025
- Policy area
- Families
- Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (29)
Original cosponsors (21)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
Added later (8)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA) · Dec 2, 2025
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · Dec 2, 2025
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · Dec 2, 2025
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Dec 3, 2025
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Dec 4, 2025
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · Dec 9, 2025
- Peter Welch (D-VT) · Dec 17, 2025
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Feb 3, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.
Latest action(Nov 20, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. - Nov 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate