House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Dignity and Due Process for Children Act of 2026
Official title: To address the enforcement of the immigration laws with respect to unaccompanied minors.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Dexter D-ORWhere 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 Armed Services, 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. 9270.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEXTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 99, June 11, 2026, Page H4112):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9270, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9270
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 June 30, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dexter.
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.