House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Child Care for Every Community Act
Official title: To establish universal child care and early learning programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Mikie Sherrill D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2026 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Ocasio-Cortez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5658, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5658.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5658, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5658, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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
73 cosponsors — 73 Democrats
0 of 73 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Everton Blair (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mikie Sherrill.
- H.R. 1742 (119th) Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act
- H.R. 2081 (119th) Donut Dollies Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 537 (119th) INCREASE Housing Affordability Act
- H.R. 1435 (119th) Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 896 (119th) Expanding Access to High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025
- H.R. 1272 (119th) Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 2939 (119th) Child Care for Every Community ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.