H.R. 8335 · 117th Congress

Equality for Families with Disabilities Act

Introduced on Jul 12, 2022 by James R. Langevin (D-RI-2). 4 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 14, 2022): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6612)

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 12, 2022
Cosponsors
4
2 from the other party
Policy area
Families
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination in the child welfare system.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 12, 2022). Public domain.

Equality for Families with Disabilities Act

This bill requires state child welfare systems, as a condition of participation in certain federal grant programs, to provide supportive family services and procedural safeguards for individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or seeking to become foster or adoptive parents.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

James R. LangevinD-RI-2Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jul 12, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jul 12, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jul 12, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Jul 12, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
  5. Jul 14, 2022Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6612)

Committees

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.