House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to establish, expand, or support career and technical education programs of study in early childhood education.
Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8937.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McBATH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution-- The Interstate Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8937, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8937
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 23, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lucy McBath.
- H.R. 3115 (119th) Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
- H.R. 7599 (119th) Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026
- H.R. 8055 (119th) Extending WIC for New Moms Act
- H.R. 2790 (119th) GOSAFE Act
- H.R. 5476 (119th) Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act
- H.R. 7333 (119th) Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.