House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act
Official title: To remove barriers to health professions by providing resources to access foundational educational training, such as English language proficiency and adult basic education, and to require the provision of child care, in demonstration projects funded under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5375.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 151, September 16, 2025, Page H4364):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5375, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5375
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a9110010dfe4e10a6beb69ea1e391b6a4b21b8a8b12fbaa00ac09ef2fd233a8e
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 September 25, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5375, last updated September 25, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
- H.R. 754 (119th) Investing in Main Street Act of 2025
- H.R. 7463 (119th) Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success Act
- H.R. 12 (119th) Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 4443 (119th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 924 (119th) NO BAN Act
- H.R. 4163 (119th) PRIDE 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.