House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Parents Opt-in Protection Act
Official title: To amend the General Education Provisions Act to ensure that a student is not required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals personal information about such student or their family without prior written consent.
Sponsor: Rep. Mary Miller R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 15, 2025
- Committee actionJul 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 733.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4986.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-836 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 24, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/836
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4986, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 138, August 15, 2025, Page H3699):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4986, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
003d5eee00c3e2a49db7ba5aa4a76ed1a684effa719c3b39e08d707265979437
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller.
- H.R. 7726 (119th) Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026
- H.R. 9360 (119th) Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
- H.R. 7661 (119th) Stop the Sexualization of Children Act
- H.R. 9608 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act
- H.R. 2870 (119th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
- H.Res. 702 (119th) Condemning in the strongest possible terms the September 10, 2025, assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Related bills
- H.R. 1094 (118th) Parents Opt-in Protection ActCross-Congress related 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.