House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Helen Keller Education Act
Official title: To promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are deafblind, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Morgan McGarvey D-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9196.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGARVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 96, June 8, 2026, Page H3992):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9196, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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 2, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Josh Riley (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Morgan McGarvey.
- H.R. 1621 (119th) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025
- H.R. 6579 (119th) Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
- H.R. 9195 (119th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
- H.R. 5966 (119th) Ohio River Restoration Program Act
- H.R. 9287 (119th) Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026
- H.R. 6757 (119th) Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 9195 (119th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy ActRelated bill
- S. 4676 (119th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.