US HB7529 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood to support access to legal services and counseling.
Title
Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL] | Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL] | Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ] | Rep. Michael Lawler [R-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557. |
| 2026-05-11 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-640. |
| 2026-04-29 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0. |
| 2026-04-29 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
| 2026-02-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB7432 (Related) 2026-05-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4797 (Same As) 2026-06-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB4797 (Same As) 2026-06-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
