2023-2024 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB4629: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
Legislative Summary
A bill 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.
Bill History
6/20/2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(6/20/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 42
Independent: 2
Primary Sponsor

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (43)
Ron Wyden
Democrat
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
Michael Bennet
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat
Cory Booker
Democrat
Sherrod Brown
Democrat
Maria Cantwell
Democrat
Benjamin Cardin
Democrat
Thomas Carper
Democrat
Robert Casey
Democrat
Christopher Coons
Democrat
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat
Richard Durbin
Democrat
John Fetterman
Democrat
John Hickenlooper
Democrat
Mazie Hirono
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Democrat
Mark Kelly
Democrat
Angus King
Independent
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
Ben Lujan
Democrat
Edward Markey
Democrat
Robert Menendez
Democrat
Jeff Merkley
Democrat
Christopher Murphy
Democrat
Patty Murray
Democrat
Jon Ossoff
Democrat
Alex Padilla
Democrat
Gary Peters
Democrat
Jack Reed
Democrat
Jacky Rosen
Democrat
Bernard Sanders
Independent
Brian Schatz
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat
Krysten Sinema
Democrat
Tina Smith
Democrat
Debbie Stabenow
Democrat
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat
Laphonza Butler
Democrat