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Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1996

S. 1578Introduced Feb 27, 1996Policy area: Education
Sponsor: Sen. William Frist R-TN
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Where it went

Latest action: May 20, 1996 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1578.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1578, last updated April 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

38 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent

15 of 38 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.

Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), William Cohen (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Frank Murkowski (R-AK) and 8 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Frist.

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.