U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 6181
John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
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.
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- Sponsor
- Danny K. DavisD-IL-7
- Introduced
- November 20, 2025, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Families (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (170)
170 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Gabe AmoD-RI-1
- Joyce BeattyD-OH-3
- Wesley BellD-MO-1
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.D-VA-8
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2
- Suzanne BonamiciD-OR-1
- Brendan F. BoyleD-PA-2
- Shontel M. BrownD-OH-11
- Julia BrownleyD-CA-26
- Salud O. CarbajalD-CA-24
- André CarsonD-IN-7
- Sean CastenD-IL-6
- Kathy CastorD-FL-14
- Joaquin CastroD-TX-20
- Judy ChuD-CA-28
- Yvette D. ClarkeD-NY-9
- Jim CostaD-CA-21
- Angie CraigD-MN-2
- Sharice DavidsD-KS-3
- Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
- Rosa L. DeLauroD-CT-3
- Madeleine DeanD-PA-4
- Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1
- Christopher R. DeluzioD-PA-17
- Lloyd DoggettD-TX-37
- Dwight EvansD-PA-3
- John GaramendiD-CA-8
- Robert GarciaD-CA-42
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10
- Jimmy GomezD-CA-34
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5
- Steven HorsfordD-NV-4
- Chrissy HoulahanD-PA-6
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.D-GA-4
- Sydney Kamlager-DoveD-CA-37
- Marcy KapturD-OH-9
- Robin L. KellyD-IL-2
- Raja KrishnamoorthiD-IL-8
- Greg LandsmanD-OH-1
- John B. LarsonD-CT-1
- Summer L. LeeD-PA-12
- Ted LieuD-CA-36
- Stephen F. LynchD-MA-8
- Betty McCollumD-MN-4
- LaMonica McIverD-NJ-10
- Gwen MooreD-WI-4
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-19
- Scott H. PetersD-CA-50
- Stacey E. PlaskettD-VI-AL
- Mark PocanD-WI-2
- Mike QuigleyD-IL-5
- Delia C. RamirezD-IL-3
- Jamie RaskinD-MD-8
- Mary Gay ScanlonD-PA-5
- Janice D. SchakowskyD-IL-9
- Bradley Scott SchneiderD-IL-10
- David ScottD-GA-13
- Terri A. SewellD-AL-7
- Brad ShermanD-CA-32
- Lateefah SimonD-CA-12
- Eric SorensenD-IL-17
- Greg StantonD-AZ-4
- Thomas R. SuozziD-NY-3
- Eric SwalwellD-CA-14
- Linda T. SánchezD-CA-38
- Mark TakanoD-CA-39
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13
- Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2
- Mike ThompsonD-CA-4
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12
- Jill N. TokudaD-HI-2
- Lauren UnderwoodD-IL-14
- James R. WalkinshawD-VA-11
- Frederica S. WilsonD-FL-24
Signed on later
- Pramila JayapalD-WA-7November 25, 2025
- Sarah McBrideD-DE-ALNovember 25, 2025
- Joe NeguseD-CO-2November 25, 2025
- Ayanna PressleyD-MA-7November 25, 2025
- Darren SotoD-FL-9November 25, 2025
- Nikema WilliamsD-GA-5November 25, 2025
- Nanette Diaz BarragánD-CA-44December 1, 2025
- Troy A. CarterD-LA-2December 1, 2025
- Lizzie FletcherD-TX-7December 1, 2025
- Yassamin AnsariD-AZ-3December 2, 2025
- Marilyn StricklandD-WA-10December 2, 2025
- Suhas SubramanyamD-VA-10December 2, 2025
- Lori TrahanD-MA-3December 2, 2025
- Julie JohnsonD-TX-32December 3, 2025
- George LatimerD-NY-16December 3, 2025
- Hillary J. ScholtenD-MI-3December 3, 2025
- Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5December 9, 2025
- Mike LevinD-CA-49December 9, 2025
- Kevin MullinD-CA-15December 9, 2025
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12December 9, 2025
- Laura FriedmanD-CA-30December 11, 2025
- Pete AguilarD-CA-33December 16, 2025
- Becca BalintD-VT-ALDecember 16, 2025
- Ami BeraD-CA-6December 16, 2025
- Ritchie TorresD-NY-15December 16, 2025
- Adelita S. GrijalvaD-AZ-7December 17, 2025
- Doris O. MatsuiD-CA-7January 7, 2026
- Luz M. RivasD-CA-29January 9, 2026
- Pablo José HernándezD-PR-ALJanuary 21, 2026
- Morgan McGarveyD-KY-3January 21, 2026
- Adriano EspaillatD-NY-13January 27, 2026
- Marie Gluesenkamp PerezD-WA-3January 27, 2026
- Jasmine CrockettD-TX-30January 30, 2026
- Brittany PettersenD-CO-7January 30, 2026
- Raul RuizD-CA-25January 30, 2026
- Dina TitusD-NV-1January 30, 2026
- Derek TranD-CA-45January 30, 2026
- Seth MoultonD-MA-6February 2, 2026
- Deborah K. RossD-NC-2February 2, 2026
- Steve CohenD-TN-9February 3, 2026
- Nydia M. VelázquezD-NY-7February 3, 2026
- Nellie PouD-NJ-9February 4, 2026
- Lois FrankelD-FL-22February 9, 2026
- Marc A. VeaseyD-TX-33February 11, 2026
- Emilia Strong SykesD-OH-13February 13, 2026
- Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-25February 13, 2026
- Lucy McBathD-GA-6February 17, 2026
- Robert MenendezD-NJ-8February 17, 2026
- Mark DeSaulnierD-CA-10February 20, 2026
- Bill FosterD-IL-11February 23, 2026
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NY-14February 23, 2026
- Alma S. AdamsD-NC-12April 6, 2026
- Grace MengD-NY-6April 6, 2026
- Frank J. MrvanD-IN-1April 6, 2026
- Nikki BudzinskiD-IL-13April 16, 2026
- Al GreenD-TX-9April 16, 2026
- Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7April 16, 2026
- Jahana HayesD-CT-5April 20, 2026
- Maxine WatersD-CA-43April 20, 2026
- Maxine DexterD-OR-3May 11, 2026
- Timothy M. KennedyD-NY-26May 11, 2026
- Jared MoskowitzD-FL-23May 11, 2026
- Andrea SalinasD-OR-6May 29, 2026
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr.D-MD-2June 18, 2026
- Paul TonkoD-NY-20June 18, 2026
- Juan VargasD-CA-52June 18, 2026
- Eugene Simon VindmanD-VA-7June 18, 2026
- John W. MannionD-NY-22June 24, 2026
- Gregory W. MeeksD-NY-5June 24, 2026
- Christian D. MenefeeD-TX-18June 24, 2026
- Ilhan OmarD-MN-5June 24, 2026
- Melanie A. StansburyD-NM-1June 24, 2026
- Jared HuffmanD-CA-2June 29, 2026
- Robert C. "Bobby" ScottD-VA-3June 29, 2026
- Sara JacobsD-CA-51June 30, 2026
- James P. McGovernD-MA-2June 30, 2026
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.D-CA-31July 9, 2026
- Josh HarderD-CA-9July 9, 2026
- Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM-3July 13, 2026
- Emily RandallD-WA-6July 30, 2026
- James A. HimesD-CT-4August 3, 2026
- Analilia MejiaD-NJ-11August 3, 2026
- Chris PappasD-NH-1August 3, 2026
- Val T. HoyleD-OR-4August 27, 2026
- April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6September 1, 2026
- Kim SchrierD-WA-8September 1, 2026
- Susie LeeD-NV-3September 4, 2026
- Josh RileyD-NY-19September 14, 2026
- Norma J. TorresD-CA-35September 14, 2026
- Glenn IveyD-MD-4September 21, 2026
- Kristen McDonald RivetD-MI-8October 1, 2026
- Sarah ElfrethD-MD-3October 15, 2026
- Everton Blair Jr.D-GA-13October 19, 2026