House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act
Official title: To improve understanding and policy responses to the impacts of wildfire smoke on children in educational and childcare settings, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4976.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEXTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 138, August 15, 2025, Page H3699):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4976, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4976
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9bbeaf5de11cb3a7002c7f20c5d5dcf3fe11fd2fd2eb33aa1ed62a33c0b7dfc0
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 November 13, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4976, last updated November 13, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Dave Min (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dexter.
- H.R. 4446 (119th) FAST VETS Act
- H.R. 5941 (119th) Restoring Access for Detainees Act
- H.R. 9270 (119th) Dignity and Due Process for Children Act of 2026
- H.R. 10255 (119th) Penalties for Polluters Act
- H.R. 10256 (119th) Taxpayer Relief from Big Oil Act
- H.R. 4493 (119th) Climate Health Emergency Act of 2025
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.