H.R. 6181 (IH) - John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act - BILLS-119hr6181ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

November 20, 2025

Action

Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Craig, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Chu, Mr. Amo, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Carson, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Costa, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Garcia of California, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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

Bill Number

H.R. 6181

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Full Title

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Danny K. Davis(IL)

Cosponsors

Angie Craig (MN); Gwen Moore (WI); Judy Chu (CA); Gabe Amo (RI); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Joaquin Castro (TX); Andre Carson (IN); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Jim Costa (CA); Sharice Davids (KS); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Dwight Evans (PA); John Garamendi (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Steven Horsford (NV); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Marcy Kaptur (OH); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); John B. Larson (CT); Summer L. Lee (PA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Stacey E. Plaskett (VI); Mark Pocan (WI); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Jamie Raskin (MD); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); David Scott (GA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Brad Sherman (CA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Eric Sorensen (IL); Greg Stanton (AZ); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Mike Thompson (CA); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Lauren Underwood (IL); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Betty McCollum (MN); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Josh Gottheimer (NJ)

Committees

Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

United States Code Reference

42 U.S.C. 1396, 1397, 2000bb, 2000d, 601, 621 and 670