House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Right to Read Act of 2025
Official title: To ensure that students in schools have a right to read, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adelita Grijalva D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6440.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5051):Article 1, Sec. 1 and Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6440, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 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 October 13, 2026). 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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Emily Randall (D-WA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
- H.R. 7101 (119th) No Delay in Representation Act
- H.R. 7828 (119th) Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2026
- H.R. 6391 (119th) Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act
- H.R. 7957 (119th) Preserve the Traditional Cultural Place Chí’chil Biłdagoteel Historic District Act
- H.R. 10557 (119th) Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act
- H.R. 8971 (119th) Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 3365 (119th) Right to Read Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 10421 (119th) Transforming Education for the Future ActRelated 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.