House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protection and Advocacy for Student Success Act
Official title: To authorize grants to establish a national education protection and advocacy program to enforce the rights and protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8073.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 56, March 25, 2026, Page H2711):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8073, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8073
- 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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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.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Jesús García (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier.
- H.R. 4948 (119th) HOV Lane Exemption Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 8465 (119th) Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act
- H.R. 5731 (119th) School Food Modernization Act
- H.R. 6849 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2121 Meridian Park Boulevard in Concord, California, as the "Carl…
- H.R. 7590 (119th) Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act
- H.R. 4918 (119th) Advancing Gun Safety Technology Act
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.