House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act
Official title: To ensure that paraprofessionals and education support staff are paid a living wage.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7032.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7032, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7032
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jesús García.
- H.Res. 838 (119th) Commemorating the annual celebration of Día de los Muertos in the United States and around the world.
- H.R. 8612 (119th) Reward Work Act
- H.R. 9853 (119th) Right to Learn Act of 2026
- H.R. 10518 (119th) Diversify Act
- H.R. 8218 (119th) Fair Compensation for Truck Crash Victims Act
- H.R. 9513 (119th) Community Schools and Health Equity Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.