VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.R. 3488 · 117th Congress

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

DDD DavisSponsor
223 cosponsors · 222 D, 1 R
ACD Craig JGR González-Colón SMD Maloney JBD Brownley SCD Carbajal AKD Kim KBD Bass SWD Wild JCD Chu ASD Smith MDD Dean JSD Schakowsky JAD Auchincloss CAD Allred JCD Cooper DED Evans BHD Higgins JYD Yarmuth MSD Scanlon SDD Davids GMD Moore MTD Thompson MSD Stansbury DCD Cicilline SCD Casten DPD Payne RTD Torres LFD Fletcher JPD Panetta LDD Doggett MJD Jones SBD Bonamici MLD Levin CMD Maloney JMD McNerney GND Napolitano MPD Pocan LRD Roybal-Allard BSD Sherman LSD Sánchez DWD Wasserman Schultz RGD Gallego MDD DeSaulnier RRD Ruiz GSD Stanton JVD Vargas JCD Correa JGD Gomez JHD Huffman JLD Larson DPD Price ASD Schiff PAD Aguilar JBD Beatty ABD Bera NBD Barragán JCD Costa PDD DeFazio DDD DeGette DDD Dingell LFD Frankel JGD Garamendi JHD Hayes CHD Houlahan JHD Harder PJD Jayapal DKD Kilmer RKD Krishnamoorthi BLD Lee ALD Lowenthal BLD Lawrence ALD Levin SMD Moulton END Norton JND Neguse AOD Ocasio-Cortez EPD Perlmutter SPD Peters CRD Ruppersberger ESD Swalwell HSD Stevens DTD Titus LTD Trahan MVD Veasey NWD Williams FWD Wilson SBD Bishop TCD Cárdenas KCD Clark RGD Grijalva SJD Jacobs RKD Khanna ALD Lawson ADD Delgado BMD McCollum MWD Waters KPD Porter MQD Quigley MTD Takano SCD Cohen SDD DelBene AED Espaillat HJD Jeffries JSD Speier NTD Torres DTD Trone BWD Watson Coleman AAD Adams CAD Axne EBD Blumenauer YCD Clarke JGD Golden RLD Larsen BPD Pascrell JRD Raskin BBD Boyle ECD Case KCD Castor MCD Cartwright JCD Castro TDD Deutch VDD Demings AGD Green RKD Kelly JLD Langevin SLD Lynch KMD Manning DMD Matsui MND Newman APD Pressley DSD Scott MSD Strickland ASD Spanberger RTD Tlaib PWD Welch ABD Brown CCD Crist JCD Crow VED Escobar BFD Foster JHD Himes HJD Johnson DKD Kildee ZLD Lofgren JMD McGovern GMD Meeks GMD Meng AMD McEachin JMD Morelle JND Nadler CPD Pingree CPD Pappas KRD Rice JSD Sarbanes KSD Schrader TSD Sewell BSD Schneider PTD Tonko GKD Butterfield CBD Bustos LBD Blunt Rochester JCD Courtney GCD Connolly CGD García SGD Garcia KKD Kahele LMD McBath FPD Pallone JWD Wexton RKD Kind TLD Lieu RND Neal BRD Rush ASD Sires RDD DeLauro JGD Gottheimer FMD Mrvan DBD Beyer ECD Cleaver AKD Kirkpatrick SMD Murphy TOD O’Halleran IOD Omar TSD Suozzi BTD Thompson JCD Clyburn ACD Carson SHD Horsford SJD Jackson Lee MKD Kaptur MDD Doyle FVD Vela AKD Kuster SBD Brown TCD Carter SPD Plaskett BSD Scott TLD Leger Fernandez SHD Hoyer DRD Ross ELD Luria GSD Sablan LUD Underwood MSD Sherrill DND Norcross DPD Phillips EJD Johnson KSD Schrier TRD Ryan ESD Slotkin NVD Velázquez TMD Malinowski AED Eshoo MSD San Nicolas CBD Bush SLD Lee DSD Soto JBD Bowman SCD Cherfilus-McCormick WKD Keating CLD Lamb KMD Mfume VGD Gonzalez

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or religion in the provision of child welfare programs and services by entities receiving federal funding.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 25, 2021

John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or religion in the provision of child welfare programs and services by entities receiving federal funding. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must provide technical assistance to help states follow this requirement, including (1) guidance for bringing state laws into compliance, (2) developing training to increase cultural competency related to social identity, and (3) training for judges and attorneys involved in child welfare cases, among other supports.

Additionally, HHS must establish the National Resource Center on Safety, Well-Being, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ Children and Youth Involved with Child Welfare Services to provide training, technical assistance, and guidance to applicable state and local agencies and service providers.

Further, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act may not be the basis for challenging the application or enforcement of this bill. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on states' compliance with the requirements of the bill no later than three years after enactment.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Latest action (May 26, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: May 25, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.