S 846 119th Congress Senate Families Child care and development Congressional oversight Health programs administration and funding Performance measurement Wages and earnings

Child Care Workforce Act

Introduced: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Britt, Katie Boyd Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

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Became law

Mar 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Mar 4, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1499-1500)

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What's happening now March 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Member Day to examine S.297, to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and he…
Meeting Mar 19, 2026 · 10:00 AM EDT · Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 11

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
for LEARNING CARE GROUP · Michigan · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THORN RUN PARTNERS
for START EARLY · Illinois · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
THORN RUN PARTNERS
for START EARLY · Illinois · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
TIBER CREEK GROUP
for CIGNA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
for LEARNING CARE GROUP · Michigan · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
THORN RUN PARTNERS
for START EARLY · Illinois · 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025

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Cosponsors 5

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Mar 6, 2025

Gillibrand, Kirsten E.

New York · Mar 4, 2025

Kaine, Tim

Virginia · Mar 4, 2025

King, Angus S., Jr.

Maine · Mar 4, 2025

Shaheen, Jeanne

New Hampshire · Mar 4, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 846: Child Care Workforce Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-846/

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"S. 846: Child Care Workforce Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-846/.

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S. 846, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-846/.

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