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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act

S. 4797Introduced Jun 16, 2026Policy area: Families

Official title: A bill to require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling.

Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn R-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 16, 2026 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress

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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.