H.R. 5658 · 119th Congress

Child Care for Every Community Act

Introduced on Sep 30, 2025 by Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11). 73 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Feb 4, 2026): ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Ocasio-Cortez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5658, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 30, 2025
Cosponsors
73
0 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 establish universal child care and early learning programs.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Adult education and literacy
  • Advisory bodies
  • Building construction
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child care and development
  • Comprehensive health care
  • Congressional oversight
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Higher education
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Labor-management relations
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Medical education
  • Mental health
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Performance measurement
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Preschool education
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Research administration and funding
  • Right of privacy
  • School administration
  • Science and engineering education
  • Special education
  • State and local government operations
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • User charges and fees
  • Wages and earnings

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Mikie SherrillD-NJ-11Sponsor

Democrats · 73

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 30, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 30, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  4. Feb 4, 2026 · HouseASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. Ocasio-Cortez asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5658, a bill originally introduced by Representative Sherrill, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families3 reports
    $225K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS & FAMILIESAI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES2 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  3. THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE2 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.