House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Universal Prekindergarten Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 555.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUCINICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H552):Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 555, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/555
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), John Conyers (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.