House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
READ Act
Official title: To strengthen literacy outcomes for all students, to amend the comprehensive literacy State development grant program, and to ensure Federal accountability and investment in research, teacher preparation, and evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading.
Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10031.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution - Interstate Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10031, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10031
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 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 October 13, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Josh Harder (D-CA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Burgess Owens (R-UT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath.
- H.R. 3115 (119th) Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
- H.R. 7599 (119th) Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026
- H.R. 8055 (119th) Extending WIC for New Moms Act
- H.R. 2790 (119th) GOSAFE Act
- H.R. 5476 (119th) Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act
- H.R. 7333 (119th) Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026
Related bills
- H.R. 10421 (119th) Transforming Education for the Future ActRelated bill
- S. 4689 (119th) READ ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.