House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Kairo Act of 2025
Official title: To protect babies and young children in childcare settings by strengthening transparency and safety requirements.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2425.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2425, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2425
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 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 July 21, 2025). 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Lance Gooden (R-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pat Fallon.
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- H.R. 2766 (119th) Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act
- H.R. 5179 (119th) District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 2426 (119th) Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act
Sponsor’s state and district
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.