House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 2025

H.R. 1054Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: Taxation

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
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Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1054.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):
Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
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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

19 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 18 Democrats

1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), John Garamendi (D-CA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Harder (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-6 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.