House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026
Official title: To provide counsel for unaccompanied children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9259.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 99, June 11, 2026, Page H4112):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 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
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Bill Foster (D-IL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
- H.R. 6207 (119th) Chip EQUIP Act
- H.R. 9334 (119th) Workforce for AI Trust Act
- H.R. 4696 (119th) Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
- H.R. 5449 (119th) Redistricting Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 2729 (119th) Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
- H.J.Res. 154 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor…
Related bills
- S. 1297 (119th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 3065 (118th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 3108 (117th) Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.