House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Helping Student Parents Succeed Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish notification requirements for policies and information concerning expectant and parenting students, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3985.
- 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. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2823):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--The Interstate Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3985, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
177d2544b4bf5f7aea82541668766b39a28f41c6dc8c37711ce9199c2c661760
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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Deborah Ross (D-NC).
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
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.