Faith, family & freedom legislation, tracked
Federal and state bills that matter to Christian families — homeschooling, school choice, parental rights, religious freedom, sanctity of life, and more.
Introduced (539)
- HB10090: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain institutions of higher education that allow male participation in female intercollegiate athletic programs or events.This bill would impose federal excise taxes on colleges and universities that permit male athletes to compete on female sports teams. It targets institutional policy on sex-designated sports through financial penalty rather than direct regulation.
- SB4689: READ Act Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development ActThis federal bill funds and incentivizes reading instruction based on 'science of reading' methods and requires states to adopt evidence-based literacy practices, potentially affecting how reading is taught in both public and private schools that receive federal funds.
- HB10052: Right to Worship ActThis bill protects the free exercise of religion, directly safeguarding the right of Christians and other faith communities to worship and practice their beliefs without government interference.
- SB5322: Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Improvement ActThis bill modifies the federal tax credit for donations to organizations that provide scholarships for K-12 education, potentially increasing the amount donors can claim as a credit. The change affects how much education choice programs (like tax-credit scholarships) can attract private funding.
- SB5321: HCBS Access ActThis bill expands Medicaid coverage for home and community-based services and supports the direct care workforce and family caregivers. It could affect Christian families who rely on Medicaid for services related to children with disabilities or special needs.
- SB5289: Right to Worship ActThis bill protects the constitutional right to freely practice religion without government interference or discrimination.
- SR832: A resolution establishing a process to assure the long-term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.This resolution addresses the fiscal stability of Social Security's trust funds through policy adjustments and processes.
- SB1748: Kids Online Safety ActThis bill establishes safety protections and requirements for online platforms that serve children, which could affect parental oversight of children's digital access and the ability of parents to control what content their children encounter online.
- SB3589: RISE Act Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower ActThis bill requires colleges to provide detailed information about disability services, accommodations, costs, and outcomes to help students with disabilities and their families make informed enrollment decisions.
- SB4407: CHATBOT Act Children’s Health, Advancement, Trust, Boundaries, and Oversight in Technology ActThis bill requires parental consent and family accounts before children and teens can use AI chatbots, giving parents control over their children's access to and use of artificial intelligence tools.
- SB5255: Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026This bill updates military chaplain regulations, including their role, duties, and qualifications in the Armed Forces. Changes to chaplain definitions or professional standards could affect religious representation, endorsement requirements, and access to chaplaincy services for service members of various faiths.
- SB5226: Parental Approval for Youth Social Media Act of 2026This bill requires social media platforms to get parental consent before children can create or use accounts, giving parents a legal right to monitor and control their children's social media use.
- HB10013: Compassionate Care ActThis bill addresses end-of-life medical care practices. Depending on its specific provisions, it may relate to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or other practices that intersect with Christian convictions about the sanctity of life.
- SB5219: Compassionate Care ActThis bill regulates end-of-life care options, which may include provisions on medical aid in dying or assisted suicide depending on specific language.
- HB9994: Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect ActThis bill prevents child protective services from separating children from their parents based solely on poverty. It amends federal law to ensure that economic hardship alone cannot be grounds for removing children from the home.
- SB5191: Citizenship for International Adoptees Act of 2026This bill automatically grants U.S. citizenship to certain internationally adopted children, streamlining what was previously a multi-step process requiring parents to petition separately after adoption.
- SB5202: Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research ActThis bill would prevent federal money from being used to pay for gender transition treatments for children under 18.
- SB5194: Judicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026This bill authorizes federal courthouse facility improvements and maintenance. While ostensibly about physical infrastructure, the phrase 'and for other purposes' in federal legislation sometimes masks provisions affecting regulatory agencies (including Education Department offices) or judicial procedures that could impact family-law and education disputes.
- SB5148: BOASBERG Act Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By Enforcing Randomization Guidelines ActThis bill would require federal courts to use randomized case assignment procedures instead of potentially allowing judges to be selected based on their case rulings. While not explicitly about education or family matters, random assignment could affect religious liberty cases and parental rights disputes by preventing unfavorable judge selection.
- SB5154: CHAT Act 2.0 Children Harmed by AI Technology Act 2.0This bill regulates AI chatbots marketed to or used by children, requiring disclosures and protections around how these systems interact with minors. While not directly about schools or curriculum, it affects parental authority over what technology their children use and what information these systems can collect or present to them.
- SB5153: Federal Trade Commission Governance Reform ActThis bill changes how the Federal Trade Commission makes rules by requiring more commissioners to agree before acting. It could affect FTC enforcement against companies that collect children's data or violate parental notification rules under laws like COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act).
- SB5147: PLEDGE Act Promoting Loyalty, Engagement, Duty, and Gratitude in Education ActThis bill requires patriotic observances in DC schools, which could affect how schools present civics and patriotic content, and potentially impact parental authority over their children's participation in such observances.
- HB9960: Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2026This bill modifies federal financial aid rules to help homeless and foster youth access higher education by streamlining the application process and reducing documentation barriers.
- HB9941: Family Building FEHB Fairness Act Veteran Families Health Services Act Protect IVF Act Access to Fertility Treatment and Care ActThis bill expands federal access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization, by ensuring health coverage under federal employee plans.
- SB5096: Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth ActThis bill strengthens support services for pregnant and parenting youth in foster care by coordinating with federal home visiting programs, affecting how child welfare systems serve vulnerable young people.
- SB5108: Family Building FEHB Fairness Act Veteran Families Health Services Act Protect IVF Act Access to Fertility Treatment and Care ActThis bill expands access to assisted reproductive technology (ART) and IVF, potentially through insurance mandates or federal incentives that could affect health insurance and family benefits.
- HB9722: Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026This bill amends tax law to ensure fair treatment of charitable organizations, which would include religious nonprofits and churches. The changes could affect how religious organizations are taxed or regulated under federal law.
- HB9805: Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2026This bill establishes protections for children in immigration custody, including standards for housing, care, and oversight of minors detained by immigration authorities.
- HB9878: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse ActThis bill amends federal child abuse prevention law to extend protections and support to children raised by grandparents and other relatives outside the formal foster care system, which affects how kinship caregiving is regulated and supported.
- HB9868: Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026This bill restricts enforcement of surrogacy contracts, likely protecting individuals from being compelled to participate in surrogacy arrangements against their will.
- SB5065: Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse ActThis bill amends federal child abuse prevention law to extend protections and support to children being raised by grandparents and other relatives outside the formal foster care system (kinship families).
- HB9819: AIDEN (Advancing Integrated Data for Equitable National Child Welfare)This federal bill requires the Attorney General to survey federal offenders about their child welfare history and interventions. While framed as a criminal justice measure, it could indirectly affect Christian families by creating new federal databases and reporting requirements that intersect with child welfare systems.
- SB5060: Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026This bill seeks to prevent child marriage nationwide through federal legislation, likely by raising minimum marriage ages and restricting parental or judicial consent for minors to marry.
- HB9758: Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026This bill aims to prevent child marriage across the United States through comprehensive federal measures that would establish age restrictions and regulations around marriage for minors.
- SB4983: Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization ActThis immigration enforcement bill could indirectly affect Christian families by imposing stricter rules on non-citizens' access to public services, including publicly funded schools and services that families may rely on or support through tax dollars.
- HB9692: TOTAL Screen Time Act Tracking Online Time And Limits Screen Time ActThis bill would have NIST develop voluntary technical standards to help parents and guardians limit screen time across multiple devices. While framed neutrally as a tech standard, it would give parents better tools to enforce limits on their children's device use.
- HB9626: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the State and local tax deduction marriage penalty.This bill would change federal tax rules to reduce or eliminate penalties that married couples face on their federal tax deductions for state and local taxes. Currently, married couples filing jointly sometimes receive smaller deductions than unmarried couples would in the same situation.
- HB9351: COMPASS Act Continuity of Military Parents’ Academic Schooling and State Standards Act of 2026This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief and support for military members who homeschool their dependent children, recognizing the unique challenges service members face in maintaining educational continuity across different states and deployments.
- HB9376: TOURS Act Trauma Outreach, Understanding, and Resiliency through Spirituality ActThis bill directs the Veterans Affairs Department to study how military chaplains affect veteran suicide rates and establishes an annual suicide prevention report. While focused on veterans' mental health, it recognizes the role of chaplains—religious service providers—in supporting veteran wellbeing.
- HB9485: Supporting Older Foster Youth ActThis bill updates the federal Chafee Foster Care Program to better support older youth aging out of foster care, including extended services and transition assistance.
- HB9470: SAFER Health Act of 2026 Secure Access for Essential Reproductive Health Act of 2026This bill strengthens privacy protections for abortion and miscarriage records under federal health privacy law (HIPAA), making it harder to subpoena or access pregnancy termination information.
- HR1382: Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.This is a commemorative resolution celebrating the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned abortion regulation authority to the states on June 24, 2022.
- HB9443: Saving FACE Act of 2026This bill would remove federal criminal penalties for obstructing access to abortion services, effectively decriminalizing certain actions taken to prevent abortions or abortion access.
- HR1389: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the monitoring and regulation of water systems not be weaponized for the purposes of surveilling, tracking, or detecting use of, stigmatizing, and further restricting access to medication abortion care.This resolution opposes the use of water-system monitoring to detect or restrict access to medication abortion. While not directly regulating Christian families' rights, it takes a strong position against enforcing abortion restrictions through environmental surveillance.
- SB4878: Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026This bill establishes a federal education program to train healthcare providers in abortion care and expand access to abortion services. While not directly limiting Christian family rights, it uses federal funding and authority to advance abortion access nationally, which concerns families with pro-life convictions.
- SR787: A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.This resolution celebrates the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which returned abortion regulation to the states and enabled many states to protect unborn life more fully. While purely ceremonial, it affirms the legal landscape that permits states to enact pro-life protections that align with Christian convictions about the sanctity of life.
- HB9420: Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026This bill establishes a federal education program to train healthcare providers in abortion procedures and expand access to abortion services.
- HB9421: Ban Abortion by Mail ActThis bill restricts mifepristone (abortion pill) prescriptions by requiring in-person visits and limiting out-of-state telehealth providers. It strengthens state-level protections against remote abortion access.
- SB4880: Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026This federal bill would ban a specific abortion procedure (dismemberment abortion) by amending federal criminal law. It directly addresses abortion restrictions, which is a core sanctity-of-life concern.
- SB4879: Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care ActThis bill protects doctors' rights to provide reproductive health care services without legal obstruction or criminal liability, and would override state restrictions on abortion and related reproductive services.
- SB4920: SAFER Health Act of 2026 Secure Access for Essential Reproductive Health Act of 2026This bill extends HIPAA privacy protections to abortion and miscarriage information, preventing health providers from disclosing reproductive data to law enforcement without court orders or warrants.
- HB9445: Let Doctors Provide Reproductive Health Care ActThis bill protects doctors' legal right to provide reproductive health services, which typically includes abortion and contraception. It may restrict state laws that limit abortion or related procedures.
- SB4922: Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2026This bill would fund travel assistance for people seeking abortions across state lines, effectively subsidizing abortion access and undermining state-level abortion restrictions.
- SB4855: SAFE KIDS Act Safeguarding AI Features to Ensure Kids' Informed Digital Safety ActThis bill requires AI systems to include parental controls and prohibits targeted advertising and data sales to children, giving parents more oversight of their children's digital environment and online data.
- SR785: A resolution celebrating the accomplishments of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, also known as the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, and recognizing the need to continue pursuing the goal of educational opportunities for all women and girls.This resolution celebrates Title IX protections and affirms commitment to educational opportunities for women and girls. While framed broadly, Title IX has been weaponized to override religious schools' and families' rights regarding sex-designated facilities, sports, and policies.
- SB4854: Foster Youth Housing Opportunity ActThis bill improves coordination between federal foster care and housing assistance programs to help youth transitioning out of the foster care system find stable housing.
- HR1374: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that parents should be provided clear, accurate, and useful information about the content of video programming so they can make informed decisions for their children.This resolution urges clearer, more accurate content labeling for video programming so parents can make informed decisions about what their children watch.
- SB4839: Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement ActThis bill requires federal banking regulators to study partnerships between fintech companies and banks to support new bank formation and community bank health. It does not directly address education, parental rights, or faith-based concerns.
- SB4797: Fresh Starts for Foster Youth ActThis bill requires states to address legal issues in foster-care case planning and allows federal funds to pay for legal services and counseling for youth aging out of foster care. While neutral on its face, it could indirectly affect Christian families by influencing how states handle foster-care proceedings and what services are offered—areas where faith-based agencies and families have historically had significant roles.
- HB9315: Workforce Dignity ActThis bill replaces the term 'sheltered workshop' with 'community rehabilitation program' across federal law, affecting how disabled individuals—including children transitioning from school programs—access vocational training and employment services.
- SB4783: COMPASS Act Continuity of Military Parents’ Academic Schooling and State Standards Act of 2026This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide specific relief and accommodations for military families who homeschool their dependent children, recognizing the unique challenges service members face with frequent moves and deployments.
- HB9303: BLANKET Act Building Local Access for Needs in Key Emergency Temperatures ActThis bill creates federal grants to address severe weather housing emergencies, including support for homeless families. The McKinney-Vento Act includes provisions affecting homeschooled children's access to services and school district resources.
- HB9287: Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026This bill creates a new independent Children's Commission and Commissioner position to oversee child welfare matters. The broad mandate to address child safety and well-being could affect how CPS investigates families, reports child welfare concerns, and defines educational neglect.
- SB4763: Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026This bill creates an independent Children's Commission and Commissioner position to oversee child safety and well-being matters. The vague mandate could affect how states investigate educational neglect, homeschool oversight, and CPS interactions with families.
- HB9304: Juice Access Improvement ActThis bill modifies WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) nutrition assistance by making juice a default food benefit, which could affect lower-income families—a demographic that includes many Christian families receiving government food aid.
- HB9260: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2027 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2027 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2027This is a broad appropriations bill funding the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education for fiscal year 2027. While it does not directly address Christian family concerns, the specific funding amounts and restrictions included could indirectly affect homeschooling, school choice, religious freedom, and child welfare depending on how line items are allocated.
- SB3583: Upward Mobility Act of 2026This bill allows states to consolidate federal antipoverty funds into grants that can be used flexibly for various programs. The 'consolidated funds' and 'for other purposes' language could encompass education-related antipoverty initiatives, including those affecting school choice and educational access for low-income families.
- HR1333: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7726) to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to withhold funds from noncompliant States under such Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7892) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require to the Secretary of Education to use an identity fraud detection system to review each FAFSA to determine whether the FAFSA presents a reasonable suspicion of identity fraud; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8872) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to target funds to low-income families, strengthen program integrity guardrails for State expenditure of funds, require measurement of improper payments, and establish goals for eliminating fraud and improper payments under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.This is a procedural rule allowing consideration of multiple bills, including one (H.R. 7726) that would condition federal child care funding on state compliance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. The rule could indirectly affect Christian families if compliance requirements impose new regulatory burdens on faith-based child care providers.
- HB9132: Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation ActThis bill restricts foreign nationals from entering into surrogacy contracts in the U.S., affecting who may participate in surrogacy arrangements and potentially limiting access to surrogacy services.
- HB9103: Merit Restoration ActThis bill restricts diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices at Federal research agencies and grant recipients, which could affect educational institutions and school systems that rely on Federal research funding and may currently use DEI frameworks in hiring, curriculum, or student programs.
- HB9067: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a gender identity content descriptor for video programming, and for other purposes.This bill would require TV and video programming to include content descriptors flagging material dealing with gender identity, similar to existing ratings for violence or language. While not directly regulating schools or families, it affects what media children encounter and could influence how gender-related content is presented and labeled in entertainment.
- HB8705: CHARLIE Act Civics and History Advancement to Restore Learning, Integrity, and Education ActThis bill would restrict how federal funding under the American History and Civics program can be used, specifically prohibiting what it calls 'radical indoctrination' in those subjects.
- HB8997: Right to Representation ActThis bill would require states to provide legal representation for children and parents in child protection (CPS) proceedings as a condition of federal foster care funding. While neutral on its face, it affects how states conduct child welfare investigations and proceedings that Christian families may face.
- SB4634: CONNECT Act Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust ActThis bill updates the federal Chafee Foster Care Program to emphasize long-term relationships and connections for youth aging out of foster care, reflecting recent research on what helps them succeed.
- SB4635: SAFE for Survivors Act of 2026 Security And Financial Empowerment for Survivors Act of 2026 Survivors’ Employment Sustainability ActThis bill aims to improve economic security and safety for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through employment protections and support services. It may include provisions affecting parental leave, custody notices, or access to services by families fleeing abuse.
- HB6776: Farmers to Families ActThis bill modifies federal child nutrition programs to allow cash-value benefits and coupons to be used at community-supported agriculture (CSA) entities for fresh, unprepared foods.
- HB6949: Upward Mobility Act of 2026This bill creates a pilot program allowing states to consolidate federal funds for antipoverty initiatives, which could indirectly affect education funding mechanisms and how states structure educational assistance programs.
- SB4598: Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2026This bill creates a federal commission to study hate crimes and recommend prevention strategies. The commission's scope and recommendations could affect how hate crimes are defined and prosecuted, potentially impacting religious speech, advocacy, or conscience-based positions that might be labeled as 'hate.'
- SB4556: Informed Foster Youth Act of 2026This bill modifies case plan requirements for children in foster care under federal law, likely expanding information and transparency requirements for youth in the system. The changes could affect how foster care agencies—including faith-based providers—document and communicate with children about their care and legal status.
- HB8840: Fair Care Act of 2026HB8840 addresses healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and prescription drug pricing — broad health policy reforms that could indirectly affect Christian families' access to conscience-based medical exemptions, religious health-care providers, and faith-based health insurance or sharing ministries.
- HR1285: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.This resolution expresses the House's position that mifepristone (the abortion pill) is safe and should be accessible based on scientific evidence, opposing restrictions on medication abortion.
- SB4545: Scientific Integrity ActThis bill establishes scientific integrity policies for federal agencies funding or conducting research. It could indirectly affect Christian families by influencing what counts as 'sound science' in federally-funded educational materials and research that schools use in their curricula.
- SR732: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.This Senate resolution advocates for policy permitting expanded access to mifepristone (the abortion pill) based on scientific evidence, opposing restrictions on medication abortion.
- HB3766: To prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring tribunals in court or administrative proceedings in the District of Columbia to defer to the Mayor of the District of Columbia's interpretation of statutes and regulations, and for other purposes.This bill limits the Mayor's authority to have courts and administrative bodies defer to his interpretation of DC statutes and regulations, which could affect how education, child welfare, and other family-related rules are enforced in the District.
- HR1259: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.This resolution urges the President to prioritize the release of religious leaders and activists detained by China, including two pastors. While it addresses foreign policy rather than U.S. domestic law, it affirms the importance of religious freedom—a principle directly connected to Christian families' ability to practice their faith.
- HB8752: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026This bill expands federal funding and support for 'full-service community schools' that provide wraparound services (health care, counseling, meal programs) alongside academics. Schools receiving this funding could expand their reach into family life and decision-making in ways that may affect parental authority and notification about services.
- HB8757: Promoting Childhood Independence and Resilience Act of 2026This bill amends federal child welfare law to protect families from CPS involvement when children engage in age-appropriate independent activities like playing outside or walking to school, ensuring that normal childhood experiences don't trigger abuse or neglect investigations.
- HB8769: Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026This bill updates military chaplain regulations by establishing definitions and qualification requirements for Armed Forces chaplains. The changes could affect how military chaplains—who serve religious personnel and families—are selected, trained, and deployed.
- SB4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026This bill expands the federal full-service community school program, which integrates health, social, and mental services into schools. Expanded school-based services can affect parental authority over children's health care, counseling, and service decisions, especially when parental notification or consent is not required.
- HB7343: Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity ActThis bill expands education and workforce training opportunities for youth aging out of foster care by amending federal foster care law. It could affect faith-based foster care agencies and religious families involved in foster care by changing what services and support systems are available to these youth.
- HB7529: Fresh Starts for Foster Youth ActThis bill requires states to address legal issues in foster care case planning and allows them to use federal funds to help foster youth access legal services and counseling. It affects how states manage foster care placements and support services.
- HB7655: Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth ActThis bill strengthens support services for young people in foster care who are pregnant or parenting by linking them with federal home visiting programs. It aims to improve coordination between child welfare and maternal health services.
- HB7995: CONNECT Act Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust ActThis bill modifies the federal Chafee Foster Care Program to emphasize long-term relationships as a factor in youth success, potentially affecting how states structure foster care services and supports for youth aging out of the system.
- HB8734: To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.This bill expresses Congressional intent to ensure medication abortion access nationwide and to preempt state restrictions on how abortion pills are dispensed, potentially overriding state-level protections for unborn life that Christian families may support.
- HB8733: Melanie's LawThis bill establishes a federal grant program to support protective orders for family members of individuals in intimate relationships, expanding the definition of who can obtain protection from domestic violence.
- HB7463: Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success ActThis bill increases funding for education vouchers for foster youth and expands support services to help them attend and complete college or vocational training.
- HB8603: Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026This bill would criminalize a specific abortion procedure (dilation and evacuation) at the federal level, establishing legal penalties for performing dismemberment abortions.
- HB8634: Consanguineous Marriage Prohibition Act of 2026This bill would prohibit marriage between closely related individuals (such as first or second cousins). While it does not directly target Christian families, it establishes or clarifies legal definitions of permissible marriage that may affect families' understanding of what marriages the state recognizes.
- HR1224: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1346) to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.This rule bill provides for consideration of H.R. 2616, which would require public schools receiving federal education funds to obtain parental consent before changing a student's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on school records or for sex-based accommodations like locker rooms and bathrooms.
- HB8566: Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care ActThis bill promotes specialized foster care programs to keep siblings together, which affects how faith-based agencies and Christian families participate in foster care and child placement services.
- HB8573: STOP Act Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors ActThis bill would prohibit medical gender transition procedures on minors and allow the federal government to impose civil penalties on healthcare providers who perform such procedures on children.
- SB4426: STOP Act Safeguarding The Overall Protection of Minors ActThis bill prohibits gender transition medical procedures on minors and empowers federal health authorities to penalize providers who perform such procedures on children.
- HB8547: 'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety ActThis federal bill modifies how the juvenile justice system treats young offenders and creates grants to improve coordination between child welfare agencies and the juvenile justice system.
- HB8498: Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 ActThis bill incentivizes states to extend foster care services and support to youth ages 18-21 and allows young adults to re-enter the system, removing age and parental income barriers to eligibility.
- HB4920: BIS IT Modernization Act Bureau of Industry and Security Information Technology Modernization ActThis bill requires the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security to modernize its IT systems and applications.
- HB8421: SERVE Act Securing the Rights our Veterans Earned ActThis bill extends VA benefits to military veterans discharged due to sexual orientation or gender identity. While focused on veterans' benefits, it may indirectly affect Christian families by normalizing gender identity policies within federal institutions and potentially influencing broader cultural and legal frameworks regarding gender.
- HB7973: Momnibus ActThe Momnibus Act addresses maternal mortality and health disparities through federal healthcare policy changes. Depending on implementation, it could affect conscience protections, religious healthcare provider autonomy, and abortion-related healthcare mandates.
- HB8366: PEARL Act Pharmacists Ethical Autonomy and Religious Liberties ActThis bill protects pharmacists' right to refuse dispensing abortion-inducing drugs based on their religious or moral beliefs, ensuring they cannot face discrimination or professional penalties for this choice.
- HB8379: Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment ActThis bill prohibits federal hiring and employment practices centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. While aimed at federal employment, it signals potential restrictions on DEI-related mandates that could affect schools receiving federal funding or contracted services.
- SR677: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People's Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.This Senate resolution urges the President to press China for the release of religious leaders and others detained for their faith and speech, including two pastors and a religious freedom advocate. It indirectly affirms the importance of religious liberty protections by calling attention to persecution of Christians and religious minorities abroad.
- SB4329: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition ActThis bill would prevent federal Title X family planning grants from going to organizations that perform abortions, effectively defunding clinics like Planned Parenthood that receive such grants. Christian families and pro-life organizations support restricting taxpayer funding from abortion providers.
- SB4314: Foster Youth Education and Workforce Opportunity Act of 2026This bill expands education and workforce support for foster youth by increasing voucher amounts and training opportunities under the federal foster care program.
- SR670: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling on communities across the country to take action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.This resolution endorses the Day of Silence campaign, which promotes LGBTQI+ activism in schools and calls for sweeping 'civil rights protections' and an end to 'erasure' of LGBTQI+ students—language that could pressure schools to adopt pronoun policies, gender-ideology curricula, and restrictions on parental notification.
- HR1162: Supporting the goals and ideals of Glisten's (formerly GLSEN's) 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling communities across the country to action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.This resolution expresses support for GLSEN's Day of Silence event and calls for action against LGBTQI+ discrimination in schools, framing it as a civil rights issue. While not legislation that directly regulates schools or restricts parental rights, it represents federal endorsement of activist messaging on gender and sexuality in educational contexts.
- HB8239: SACRED Act Safeguarding Access to Congregations and Religious Establishments from Disruption ActThis federal bill protects people exercising their religious freedom rights at places of worship by making it illegal to harass them within 100 feet of the facility.
- HB8213: Defending Women in the Workplace ActThis bill clarifies that sex discrimination law under Title VII does not cover gender identity, which could affect religious organizations' and religious schools' ability to maintain sex-based policies without legal challenge.
- HB8182: Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026This bill amends immigration law to deny visas to foreign nationals who have persecuted others based on religion. While not directly regulating U.S. schools or families, it reinforces religious freedom protections and could signal federal commitment to conscience rights that inform domestic policy on religious exemptions and school autonomy.
- HR1142: Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.This is a procedural bill directing how Congress handles Senate amendments to a large omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026. While it is purely procedural, the underlying H.R. 7147 appropriations bill may contain funding or policy riders affecting education, religious organizations, or family-related programs.
- HB8095: Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2026This bill ensures that children in foster care placed in qualified residential treatment programs remain eligible for Medicaid coverage. The change affects how foster care placements and health coverage interact within the Medicaid system.
- SB4242: Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families ActThis bill clarifies that states can use federal family support funds to assist pregnancy centers, which often provide services aligned with pro-life perspectives and support for pregnant women choosing to carry pregnancies to term.
- SB4247: Guardianship Bill of Rights Act of 2026This bill establishes rights for people in guardianships, conservatorships, and similar arrangements, including decision supports. While primarily focused on adult protective arrangements, its scope could affect guardianship laws that families rely on for foster care, adoption, and special-needs child arrangements.
- HB8117: Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026This bill aims to ensure fair treatment of religious charitable organizations and recipients of federal aid, potentially protecting religious organizations from discrimination in federal funding decisions.
- SB4159: Sammy’s LawThis bill requires large social media platforms to provide APIs that allow parents and children to delegate account management to third-party safety software, giving parents technical tools to monitor and control their child's online interactions and content.
- SB1756: Conscience Protection Act of 2025This bill protects healthcare workers and facilities from being forced to participate in or refer for abortions, strengthening existing federal conscience protections in the Public Health Service Act.
- SB1830: Right to Treat ActThis bill limits federal HHS authority to regulate medical practice, which could affect conscience protections for healthcare providers and decisions about treatments parents can access for their families without federal interference.
- SB2828: Child Care Modernization Act of 2025This bill updates the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, which governs federal child care subsidies, licensing standards, and related regulations that affect child care providers including faith-based providers.
- SB3323: Family Vaccine Protection ActThis bill would codify the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in federal law, potentially formalizing the process by which vaccine recommendations are made and could affect how states implement immunization requirements and exemptions.
- HR1007: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the use of artificial intelligence in the financial services and housing industries.This resolution expresses congressional sentiment about AI use in financial services and housing, which could indirectly affect Christian families' ability to secure loans, mortgages, and financial services without discrimination based on religious identity or values.
- HB8014: Online Privacy Act of 2026This bill creates federal privacy rules for entities handling personal information and establishes an enforcement agency, which could affect how schools, online education platforms, and student data are managed.
- HR1096: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4213) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.This is a procedural resolution allowing the House to consider a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. While the bill itself concerns DHS funding, appropriations measures can affect Christian families indirectly if they fund immigration enforcement or border policies that impact family unity or faith-based charitable work.
- HB7981: Stop Secret Counseling of Students ActThis bill would cut federal education funding to public schools that provide gender identity counseling, therapy, or guidance to minors without parental involvement, addressing parental notification and consent in school-based mental health services.
- HB7983: Clean Water for All Life ActThis bill would make it a federal crime to perform a chemical abortion without a healthcare provider physically present. It directly addresses abortion procedures and safety protocols.
- SJR0079: A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to parental rights.This constitutional amendment would establish parents' explicit right to direct their child's education and specifically protect home-based education from state interference through laws or regulations that would restrict homeschooling.
- HB7912: Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026This bill requires hospitals and birthing centers to publicly disclose their policies on when they will provide life-saving care to extremely premature infants, including those born at very early gestational ages.
- HB7902: Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion ActThis bill seeks to withdraw FDA approval for mifepristone (a chemical abortion drug) and create federal liability for harm caused by it, effectively restricting access to medication abortion nationwide.
- SB3747: Home School Graduation Recognition ActThis bill amends federal higher education law to officially recognize homeschool graduates as high school graduates for purposes of college admissions and federal student aid, ensuring homeschooled students are treated the same as traditional school graduates.
- SB4066: Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion ActThis bill would withdraw FDA approval for mifepristone (the abortion drug) and create a federal tort allowing women to sue over chemical abortion injuries.
- SCR28: A concurrent resolution expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2026, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".This resolution seeks to officially designate March 10, 2026, as a state day of recognition for abortion providers, elevating the status and celebrating those who perform abortions.
- HB7866: American Lending Fairness Act of 2026This bill modifies federal banking preemption rules for interest rate caps, allowing states to set different rate limits for state-chartered banks versus national banks. While ostensibly about finance, it could indirectly affect Christian families by changing the regulatory landscape for faith-based financial institutions and credit unions that serve religious communities.
- SB3983: End Foreign Abuse of United States Courts ActThis bill creates procedures to dismiss frivolous lawsuits filed by foreign governments designed to silence Americans' First Amendment rights, including religious speech and exercise. It protects U.S. citizens from foreign legal harassment campaigns.
- HB7767: Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2026This bill would impose a new annual tax on the net worth of billionaires. While not directly about family issues, it could indirectly affect Christian families through changes to the tax code that might influence charitable giving deductions, trust structures, or family wealth planning.
- SB3974: Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2026This bill creates uniform accessibility standards for websites and software used by employers, public entities, and businesses. It could affect religious schools, homeschooling organizations, and Christian nonprofits that operate websites or apps if they fall under 'public accommodations' or 'commercial providers.'
- HB7691: Fight Book Bans ActThis bill would authorize federal grants to help school districts pay for legal challenges when they decide to keep books that have been challenged for removal. It affects the ability of parents to challenge library and instructional materials in schools.
- HB7715: Justice for Allie ActThis federal bill criminalizes coercion related to intimate images (sextortion) and would protect adults from exploitation. While framed as a general crime statute, it may affect parental authority over minors by potentially restricting parental discretion in managing children's online safety and discipline.
- HB1028: Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026This bill modifies eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations, which typically affects policies on sex-designated athletic competition and participation standards.
- HB7599: Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2026This bill creates a federal framework for extreme risk protection orders (also called 'red flag' laws) that allow courts to temporarily restrict someone's rights—potentially including access to firearms—based on assessed risk. Such orders could affect parents' ability to possess firearms in their homes and might implicate due process protections that matter to families.
- HR1058: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.This resolution calls for federal development of a "Transgender Bill of Rights" to protect transgender and nonbinary people's access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security. While framed as a statement of duty rather than binding legislation, it signals potential future laws that could mandate gender-affirming medical care and broader protections.
- SR604: A resolution recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.This resolution calls on the federal government to create and implement a 'Transgender Bill of Rights' that would protect transgender and nonbinary people's access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.
- HB7419: Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2026This bill creates demonstration grants to help foster youth in crisis and improve services that prevent children from entering foster care in the first place. The program could affect faith-based foster care agencies and their ability to serve families according to their values.
- HB7421: SAFE Olympic Sports Act Securing Actual Female Events in Olympic Sports ActThis bill would require the U.S. Olympic Committee's national governing bodies to limit athletic competition to events matching an athlete's biological sex, effectively excluding transgender athletes from competing in their identified gender category in Olympic sports.
- HB7420: Stop Gender Trafficking of Minors ActThis federal bill creates a new crime for transporting minors across state lines to obtain gender transition procedures, treating such transportation as human trafficking under federal law.
- SB3802: Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2026This bill establishes a federal grant program to improve foster care services and provide emergency aid to youth in foster care, including pre-placement support from foster care stabilization agencies.
- HB5658: Child Care for Every Community ActThis bill would establish federal universal child care and early learning programs, potentially creating new regulations and standards that could affect how families choose care providers and what values are taught to young children.
- HB2724: Establishing a tax on millionaires.This bill establishes a new tax on high earners. While it doesn't mention education directly, tax policy can affect funding for education programs and tax-credit scholarships that homeschooling families might access.
- HB2719: Establishing empowerED scholarships for foster care students using educational savings accounts.This bill creates educational savings accounts (ESAs) for foster care students in Washington, allowing them to use public funds for approved educational expenses including private school tuition, online programs, and tutoring.
- HB7333: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026This bill modifies the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, which funds shelters, counseling, and support services for domestic violence victims and their families. Changes to how these services operate could affect Christian families seeking help or those subject to mandatory reporting in educational settings.
- HB7293: Protecting Children in Surrogacy ActThis bill prohibits registered sex offenders from using surrogacy to obtain children, adding criminal restrictions to surrogacy arrangements. It affects the legal framework governing how families—including Christian families—may form through surrogacy.
- HB7303: Middle Class Tax Cut ActThis bill reduces federal income tax rates for middle-class taxpayers, which could increase household disposable income available for education, healthcare, and family expenses that concern Christian families.
- HB7286: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations that provide, or provide funding for, abortion.This bill would revoke tax-exempt status from organizations that provide or fund abortion services. It could affect which nonprofits—including religious and faith-based organizations—qualify for tax benefits.
- HR1026: Condemning the violent disruption of a religious worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, reaffirming the constitutional right to religious freedom, and commending the Department of Justice for its prompt investigation.This resolution condemns a violent disruption of a church worship service and reaffirms the constitutional right to religious freedom, while commending DOJ action.
- SB6261: Requiring signed declarations of intent of school enrollment or home-based instruction.This bill requires families to file signed declarations stating whether they intend to enroll their child in school or provide home-based instruction.
- SB3697: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2026 Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2026This federal bill restricts FDA approval and use of abortion-inducing drugs by blocking new abortion medications and tightening rules on existing ones like mifepristone.
- SR587: A resolution designating the week of January 25 through January 31, 2026, as "National School Choice Week".This resolution designates a week in January 2026 as 'National School Choice Week' to recognize and promote educational freedom and alternatives to traditional public schools.
- HR1023: Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 25 through January 31, 2026, as "National School Choice Week".This resolution designates a week to promote and celebrate school choice options like homeschooling, private schools, and education alternatives. While it's primarily symbolic, it reflects federal support for expanding education freedom.
- HJM4013: Urging Governor Ferguson to establish a framework with the legislature to opt Washington state into the federal tax-credit scholarship program for K-12 educational expenses.This memorial urges Washington's governor to work with the legislature to join the federal tax-credit scholarship program, which allows tax credits for donations to funds that provide K-12 education scholarships. Tax-credit scholarships can fund private school tuition, including homeschool programs offered through umbrella schools or education service providers.
- HB7236: In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2026This bill requires the federal government to maintain a national registry of licensed private child placement agencies. It could affect faith-based adoption agencies by bringing them under a federal oversight system that may impose or enforce standards not aligned with their religious values or mission.
- HB7237: Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness ActThis bill would require the federal government to ensure women are informed of the risks associated with chemical abortion (pills used to terminate pregnancy). It amends federal health law to mandate risk disclosure.
- HB1700: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.This bill requires schools to report students who were formally truant and then enroll in homeschool to juvenile court, and ensures that unexcused absences from public school follow a student if they transfer schools to determine habitual truancy status.
- HB7196: To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.This bill would prevent Washington D.C. from legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide by amending the D.C. Home Rule Act to prohibit such laws.
- HB7218: CHAT Act Children Harmed by AI Technology ActThis bill would require AI chatbots to verify users' ages and implement protections for minors, which affects parents' ability to monitor and control their children's online interactions and content exposure.
- HB7040: SAFE KIDS Act Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids In Domestic Surrogacy ActThis bill restricts foreign nationals from adversarial countries from using U.S. surrogacy arrangements, which affects how surrogacy contracts are formed and enforced in America. For Christian families, it may impact access to or cost of surrogacy as a family-building option and raises questions about surrogacy regulation more broadly.
- HR1009: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of States to use funds for pregnancy centers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6359) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 140) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.This is a procedural bill that brings three separate measures to the House floor for consideration, including one (H.R. 6945) that would clarify states' authority to fund pregnancy centers and another (H.R. 6359) requiring colleges to provide information and resources for pregnant students.
- HB7177: Protecting Girls with Turner Syndrome Act of 2026This bill would make it a federal crime to perform an abortion specifically because the unborn child has Turner syndrome, a chromosomal condition affecting female development.
- HB2142: Replacing statutory references to alternative learning experiences with remote and hybrid learning.This bill updates Washington state law to replace the term 'alternative learning experiences' with 'remote and hybrid learning,' affecting how the law categorizes and regulates different educational delivery methods.
- SB1705: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.This bill requires school directors to report students who were formally truant and then enroll in homeschool to juvenile court, and tracks unexcused absences when students transfer schools to identify habitual truancy and educational neglect.
- SB6185: Addressing the rise in maltreatment-related child fatalities or near fatalities by supporting families that have received a child welfare response.This bill focuses on supporting families who have had contact with child welfare agencies due to concerns about maltreatment or near-fatalities, including enhanced services and prevention programs.
- HB2497: Addressing the rise in maltreatment-related child fatalities or near fatalities by supporting families that have received a child welfare response.This bill addresses support for families involved with child welfare agencies following maltreatment investigations or incidents. It focuses on prevention and family support services after CPS involvement.
- SB3667: Life at Conception Act of 2026This bill seeks to establish federal legal protection for preborn human life from conception by invoking the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, effectively creating a nationwide framework that recognizes personhood rights for unborn children.
- SB3678: Voluntary Limited Accreditation for Adoption Services ActThis bill creates a new voluntary limited accreditation pathway for adoption service providers under federal intercountry adoption law, potentially affecting how faith-based adoption agencies can operate and comply with federal requirements.
- HB7117: Fast Track To and Through College ActThis bill aims to streamline college pathways by aligning high school and college curricula, accelerating degree completion, and improving credit transfer between institutions. The changes could affect how homeschooled and private school students transition to postsecondary education and what educational credits are recognized.
- SB3650: Child Interstate Abortion Notification ActThis bill would make it a federal crime to transport minors across state lines to circumvent parental involvement laws in abortion decisions. It directly protects parental rights and notification requirements around a child's abortion.
- SB3679: Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026This bill restricts visas for individuals who have directed or participated in religious persecution internationally. While focused on immigration policy, it indirectly affirms U.S. commitment to religious freedom principles that protect families' ability to practice faith freely.
- SB3680: Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act of 2026This bill requires government agencies using algorithms to establish civil rights offices monitoring for bias and discrimination in algorithmic systems. It could affect how educational algorithms flag students for intervention, assign services, or make custody/welfare recommendations involving families.
- SB5007: Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school.This bill addresses chronic absenteeism and graduation risk in high school students, likely establishing notification and intervention requirements for schools when students miss significant instructional time.
- HB1140: Establishing empowerED scholarships using educational savings accounts.This bill creates empowerED scholarships that function as educational savings accounts, allowing families to use state funds for education expenses at approved providers, which may include private schools and potentially homeschool-related services.
- HB1317: Concerning persons serving long sentences for offenses committed prior to reaching 21 years of age.This bill addresses sentencing and potential release pathways for adults who committed crimes as minors, including provisions related to rehabilitation and education programs while incarcerated.
- HB1565: Continuing the Washington dual enrollment scholarship.This bill continues Washington's dual enrollment scholarship program, which allows high school students to take college courses for free or at reduced cost. Homeschooled students in Washington who are not enrolled in traditional high schools may have limited or no access to this scholarship depending on how it is structured and administered.
- HB7005: Customer Non-Discrimination ActThis bill would prohibit discrimination in public accommodations based on sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. It could affect Christian schools, camps, and family-oriented businesses by requiring them to serve or employ people in ways that conflict with their religious beliefs about sexuality and gender.
- HB6809: Alyssa’s Act of 2025HB6809 amends federal homeland security law to establish school safety standards and response protocols, which could affect how schools—including religious and homeschools—must operate and report incidents.
- HB6880: Honoring Family-Friendly Workplaces ActThis bill directs the Labor Department to create a recognition program for employers that support work-family balance and family obligations. While not directly about education or parental rights, it affects Christian families by incentivizing workplace practices that enable parents to prioritize family time and involvement in their children's upbringing and education.
- HB6860: Parental Rights Relief ActThis bill amends federal education law to allow parents and students to sue in court to enforce their education-related rights, strengthening parental authority over schools.
- HR953: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 498) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3492) to amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors; and relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process.This is a procedural rule setting up House floor votes on several bills, including H.R. 498, which would prohibit federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors. The rule directly addresses policies affecting medical gender transition for children.
- SB3473: MAP for Care Act Medicare Advance Planning for Care ActThis bill encourages Medicare beneficiaries to create advance directives that guide their medical treatment decisions. While focused on Medicare, it could affect Christian seniors' ability to document their faith-based end-of-life preferences and conscience-based medical refusals.
- HB3149: App Store Accountability ActThis bill requires app stores to provide parents with clear information about apps their children use and to ensure parental consent before apps are downloaded, giving parents more oversight of their children's digital activities.
- HB6257: SMK Act of 2025 Safe Messaging for Kids Act of 2025This bill restricts how social media platforms can use disappearing messages with minors and requires parental controls over direct messaging, giving parents more oversight of their children's online communications and contacts.
- HB6273: SPY Kids Act Stop Profiling Youth and Kids ActThis bill would restrict commercial research on children without parental consent, requiring companies to get permission before collecting data on minors for marketing purposes.
- HB6484: Kids Online Safety ActThis bill regulates how online platforms interact with minors and could affect parental authority over children's internet access and the content children encounter online.
- SB3386: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025This bill establishes health savings account contributions for certain health plan enrollees, which could affect how families pay for medical care and exercise conscience-based choices about treatments and providers.
- HB6625: RISE from Trauma Act Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma ActThis bill directs resources toward identifying and supporting children and families experiencing trauma, which could include mandatory reporting and screening programs that affect homeschooling families and religious organizations serving children.
- SB3448: Keeping All Students Safe ActThis bill restricts schools' use of physical and mechanical restraints on students, setting federal limits on methods that can be used in disciplinary situations. It could affect homeschooling families if regulations define "school" broadly or impose requirements on any educational setting.
- HB6617: Keeping All Students Safe ActThis bill restricts schools' use of seclusion, physical restraint, and chemical restraint on students, with limited exceptions. While framed as student safety, it affects parental authority by constraining schools' disciplinary tools and potentially requiring schools to involve parents differently in behavior management.
- HCR65: Commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights.This resolution commends state and local governments for treating reproductive rights—a term that includes abortion access—as human rights, affirming a policy direction that conflicts with pro-life convictions.
- SB3419: Reuniting Families Act Filipino Veterans Family Reunification ActThis bill amends immigration law to facilitate family reunification for Filipino veterans and their relatives, which could affect Christian families with veterans or immigrant relatives seeking to stay together in the U.S.
- SR538: A resolution designating November 2025 as "National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month".This resolution designates November 2025 as 'National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month' to raise awareness about homelessness affecting children and youth in America.
- HB6512: Putting Patients First Healthcare Freedom Act End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025 Fighting Waste Fraud and Abuse in the Unaffordable Care Exchanges Act of 2025 New Health Options Act IMPACT Act of 2025. Improved Medical Patients Affordable Care Today Act of 2025 Health Coverage Choice Act Small Business Flexibility Act Self-Insurance Protection Act CHOICE Arrangement Act More Affordable Care ActThis bill restricts federal funding for abortion and gender transition medical procedures while expanding healthcare choice and flexibility through direct control of health dollars and reduced government mandates.
- HR938: Condemning the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and committing to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform.This resolution condemns the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and expresses commitment to 'reproductive justice,' which in practice means advancing abortion access and related policies.
- HB6442: Supporting Healthy Pregnancy ActThis bill would require biological fathers to contribute financially to pregnancy and delivery medical expenses, expanding child support obligations to include prenatal and birth costs.
- HB6440: Right to Read Act of 2025This bill creates a federal 'right to read' for students in schools, likely establishing minimum access to books and reading materials. The vague language 'and for other purposes' suggests it may impose requirements on school libraries and curriculum decisions.
- SB3365: Right to Read Act of 2025This bill asserts a student 'right to read' and appears designed to protect access to books in school libraries and curricula. While the exact provisions aren't detailed here, such legislation typically counters book-removal efforts and restricts schools' ability to limit student access to materials.
- HB6466: Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability ActThis bill creates federal criminal penalties for secretly giving abortion-inducing drugs to a woman without her knowledge or consent, applying when those drugs cross state lines.
- SR516: A resolution ensuring that the adoption and foster care system in the United States is child-centered and compassionate and that young people aging out of foster care are provided with adequate support and resources to transition successfully to independent adulthood.This resolution calls for reforms to the adoption and foster care system to prioritize children's wellbeing and support youth transitioning to adulthood, which could affect how faith-based adoption agencies and Christian families participate in foster care and adoption.
- HR916: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4305) to direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.This procedural rule brings several bills to a vote, including measures to restrict Chinese government influence in schools and ensure parents know about foreign involvement in their child's education. While primarily about national security, the parental awareness provisions touch on parents' right to know what's happening in their schools.
- SB3285: ADOPT Act of 2025 Adoption Deserves Oversight, Protection, and Transparency Act of 2025This federal bill creates criminal penalties for unlawful adoption practices, aiming to increase oversight and transparency in the adoption process. The law could affect faith-based adoption agencies and religious families involved in adoption.
- HB6283: FOSTER Act Furthering Opioid Services, Training, and Education Resources ActThis bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to provide federal support and resources to state and local child-services agencies responding to the opioid crisis, including training, education, and services for affected children and families.
- HB6221: Fostering the Future for American Children and Families ActThis bill codifies executive order directives related to foster care and family support, potentially affecting how child welfare services and faith-based adoption and foster care agencies operate.
- HR897: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the rights of youth in the foster care system.This resolution expresses congressional support for youth rights within the foster care system, which can affect faith-based foster and adoption agencies and their ability to serve according to their religious principles.
- SB3279: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family ActThis bill would prohibit faith-based child welfare agencies from using religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status as factors in their operations, including foster and adoption placements. It would effectively require religious agencies to operate without regard to their faith convictions or lose federal funding.
- HB6170: ADOPT Act of 2025 Adoption Deserves Oversight, Protection, and Transparency Act of 2025This federal bill would criminalize unlawful adoption practices, establishing new criminal penalties for fraud, coercion, and abuse in adoption. Christian families and faith-based adoption agencies could be affected by how 'unlawful' practices are defined and enforced.
- HB6219: Conscience Protections for Medical Residents ActThis bill prevents Medicare-funded medical residency programs from mandating abortion training, protecting doctors' conscience rights by allowing them to opt out rather than requiring affirmative refusal.
- SB3238: Conscience Protections for Medical Residents ActThis bill prevents Medicare-funded medical residency programs from mandating abortion training, requiring instead that residents opt out rather than opt in to such training. It protects healthcare workers' conscience rights in their professional formation.
- HB6181: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family ActThis federal bill would prohibit faith-based child welfare agencies from making decisions based on religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status, effectively preventing religious organizations from operating according to their beliefs when providing foster care and adoption services.
- SB3223: Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2025This bill directs the federal government to create educational resources for hospitals and healthcare providers about adoption-related sensitivities and best practices in medical care. While not directly restricting or regulating adoption, it establishes a framework for how adoption is discussed and handled in healthcare settings.
- HB6144: Male or Female Only ActThis bill would require federal forms, surveys, and documents to offer only male or female sex options, eliminating any other gender identity categories. This could affect how Christian families interact with federal programs and how schools receiving federal funding collect and report demographic data.
- HR884: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6039) to advance commonsense priorities.This is a procedural rule from the House that sets the terms for debate on H.R. 6039, which addresses unspecified 'commonsense priorities.' Without knowing the content of H.R. 6039, the direct relevance cannot be assessed, but procedural rules can affect how legislation affecting families reaches a vote.
- HB5961: Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2025This bill expands flood insurance access for agricultural structures, which could indirectly affect families operating farm-based educational operations or homeschooling programs that use agricultural land and buildings.
- HB5969: LABEL Act Linking Abortion-drug Batches for Enforcement and Liability ActThis bill requires abortion-inducing drugs to display labels with dispenser and prescriber information, creating a tracking and accountability system for these medications.
- HB5907: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to eligible entities to select pre-reviewed designs of covered structures of mixed-income housing for use in the jurisdiction of the eligible entity, and for other purposes.This bill authorizes HUD grants for mixed-income housing designs. While primarily about housing policy, such grants can affect where families live and their access to community services, which may indirectly impact child welfare and family stability in ways that touch on parental authority and children's welfare.
- HB5899: Caring for Mothers Act of 2025This bill expands health insurance coverage for women who place their newborns for adoption, making adoption a more accessible option for pregnant women facing difficult circumstances.
- HR852: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Israel maintains sovereignty over the Temple Mount and recognizing the importance of religious freedom for all on the Temple Mount.This nonbinding resolution expresses support for Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount and affirms the importance of religious freedom at that site. While focused on foreign policy, it carries symbolic weight regarding religious liberty principles that Christian advocacy groups care about.
- SB3086: Restoring Integrity in Fiduciary Duty ActThis bill clarifies how retirement plan fiduciaries can consider non-financial factors when selecting investments, which could affect how religious organizations' retirement plans are managed and whether they can align investments with faith-based values.
- SB3063: LIFE with AI Act Learning Innovation and Family Empowerment with AI ActThis bill aims to enhance student privacy protections and parental choice while promoting personalized learning through AI technology in schools. The privacy and parental choice components could affect how schools handle family data and parent notification/consent rights.
- SB3008: No Shari’a ActThis bill restricts application of Shari'a law in the U.S. where it conflicts with constitutional rights. While aimed at preventing religious law enforcement that violates individual rights, it could indirectly affect how courts treat religious school and family autonomy claims based on Christian doctrine.
- SB3011: Prohibiting Abortion & Transgender Procedures on the Exchanges ActThis bill would prohibit health insurance plans sold on the Affordable Care Act exchanges from covering gender-transition procedures for minors and abortion services.
- HB5758: Enhancing Faith-Based Support for Veterans Act of 2025This bill allows VA chaplains to share veteran patient contact information with faith-based organizations, expanding religious support services available to veterans through the VA system.
- HR803: Urging the Director of the Food and Drug Administration to reevaluate the safety of all chemical abortion drugs in light of recent independent studies, and for other purposes.This bill urges the FDA to review the safety of chemical abortion drugs (like mifepristone) based on recent independent research, effectively calling for stricter regulation or potential restrictions on medication abortion access.
- HR794: Recognizing the week of September 30th as "National Orange Shirt Week" or "National Week of Remembrance", which aims to honor those who were forced to attend Indian boarding schools, and to recognize the experience of Indian boarding school victims and survivors.This resolution designates a national week to honor victims of Indian boarding schools, which operated historically by removing Native American children from their families and suppressing their culture and religion without parental consent.
- SB2955: Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability ActThis bill makes it a federal crime to secretly administer abortion drugs to a woman without her knowledge or consent, applying when the drugs cross state lines. It protects women from coercion and affirms that abortion decisions must be voluntary.
- SB2939: Child Care for Every Community ActThis bill would establish a federal universal child care and early learning system, potentially creating new regulations and standards that child care providers—including faith-based centers—must meet.
- HB5646: Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs ActThis bill would require the federal government to maintain stricter safety protocols for mifepristone (the abortion pill) by reinstating a previously approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategy.
- HB5592: Childhood Genital Mutilation Prevention ActThis bill would prohibit medical gender transition treatments for minors and prevent Medicare from covering or reimbursing such procedures. It directly restricts which medical treatments can be offered to children under the age of 18.
- HB5583: Promoting Permanency Through Kinship Families ActThis federal bill removes barriers to kinship guardianship and foster/adoptive placements for children in state care, affecting how CPS and foster-care agencies place children and potentially expanding who can serve as caregivers. Christian families — particularly those serving as kinship guardians or operating faith-based foster/adoption agencies — could be impacted by changes in placement criteria, background checks, or other regulatory requirements.
- SB2923: PAAF Act Protect Adoptees and American Families ActThis bill grants automatic U.S. citizenship to certain internationally adopted children, simplifying the naturalization process for adoptees who may otherwise face legal uncertainty.
- HB5512: No Shari’a ActThis bill would prohibit application of Shari'a law in the U.S. where it conflicts with constitutional rights. While aimed at Islamic law, it could affect how courts and agencies treat religious family law and practices from any faith tradition, including Christian communities.
- HJR127: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to explicitly protect parental rights, though the specific provisions are not detailed in the title alone. Such amendments typically address parents' fundamental authority over their children's education, health care, and upbringing.
- HB5507: Hidden Foster Care Transparency ActThis bill requires states to measure and publicly report on 'hidden foster care' arrangements—situations where children are separated from parents outside the formal foster care system without full transparency or due process protections.
- SB2902: Hidden Foster Care Transparency ActThis bill requires states to collect and publish data on 'hidden foster care'—informal arrangements where children are separated from parents outside the traditional foster care system. The transparency requirements could affect how states track and report on family separations.
- SB2908: Lifting Local Communities ActThis bill requires the federal government to treat religious organizations equally when distributing social service grants and contracts, preventing discrimination against faith-based groups.
- SB2876: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025This bill establishes federal anti-harassment rules for colleges and universities, potentially expanding definitions of prohibited conduct and complaint procedures in ways that could affect how institutions handle allegations and discipline affecting students and families.
- HB5474: No DEI in DC Act No Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the District of Columbia ActThis bill would prohibit D.C. government agencies from engaging in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) practices and racial equity training. While it targets government operations, it could affect schools under D.C.'s jurisdiction, including how curricula are designed and taught.
- HB5485: Second Chance at Life Act of 2025This bill requires that women seeking chemical abortion must be informed about the possibility of abortion reversal if they change their minds. It directly addresses abortion procedures and protections related to fetal life.
- HB5486: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025This bill establishes anti-harassment policies and protections at colleges and universities, including complaint procedures and accountability measures for campus conduct.
- HB5492: PAAF Act Protect Adoptees and American Families ActThis bill would grant automatic U.S. citizenship to certain international adoptees, streamlining a process that currently requires separate naturalization steps after adoption.
- SB2862: CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act Child Care Access Means Parents In Schools Reauthorization ActThis bill reauthorizes a federal program that provides child care assistance to help parents attend higher education, making it easier for parents to pursue college while their children are cared for.
- HR722: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 719) honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk; and for other purposes.This is a procedural rule governing consideration of a continuing appropriations bill (H.R. 5371) for fiscal year 2026. The underlying appropriations bill could affect federal funding for education, religious nonprofits, and other programs touching Christian family concerns.
- SB2845: Billionaires Income Tax ActThis bill modifies federal tax code provisions affecting high-income individuals and estates, including changes to how assets are taxed at death and during lifetime planning. While broadly aimed at billionaires, alterations to estate and income tax rules could affect how Christian families and faith-based organizations plan charitable giving, inheritance, and intergenerational wealth transfer.
- HR730: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J.Res.4) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that debate upon legislation pending before the Senate may not be brought to a close without the concurrence of a minimum of three-fifths of the Senators.This bill is a procedural measure that would raise the Senate threshold for ending debate (cloture) from a simple majority to three-fifths of senators, making it harder to pass legislation without broader consensus.
- HB5427: Billionaires Income Tax ActThis federal bill would change how billionaires pay taxes by closing strategies that defer taxes indefinitely, potentially affecting the tax treatment of large charitable giving, nonprofit endowments, and family wealth transfers that benefit religious organizations and Christian charities.
- SB2838: Protecting Our Democracy ActThis bill restricts presidential power and enhances government accountability and transparency. While not explicitly about education or family issues, expanded transparency requirements and oversight mechanisms could affect how federal agencies (including the Department of Education) implement policies affecting religious schools, homeschooling regulations, and parental rights.
- HR313: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034, and for other purposes.This is a procedural resolution allowing the House to consider the Senate's amendments to the FY2025 budget resolution. While it does not directly address education or family issues, budget resolutions can influence funding levels for federal education programs, tax benefits for families, and various social policies affecting Christian families.
- SR389: A resolution condemning the extreme anti-vaccine policies of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., strongly opposing the policies of the State of Florida that roll back immunization requirements, and expressing the sense of the Senate that vaccines are critical to protecting public health, eliminating preventable illness and death, and reducing hospitalizations and severity of illness, work best when adopted at a high level within each community, and must be made available to the public.This resolution condemns vaccine rollback policies and expresses the Senate's view that vaccines should be widely mandated and adopted at high community levels. It opposes efforts like Florida's to reduce immunization requirements.
- HB5397: HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act Helping with Equal Access to Leave and Investing in Needs for Grieving Mothers and Fathers ActThis bill expands the federal Family and Medical Leave Act to provide job-protected leave for parents who experience miscarriage or spontaneous fetal loss. Christian families who view unborn life as precious from conception would benefit from this protection.
- SB2819: Head Start for America's Children ActThis bill modifies federal Head Start programs, which serve low-income preschoolers. Changes to Head Start requirements could affect parental notification, involvement, and access to information about curriculum and activities at federally funded centers.
- HB5350: FAIR Act of 2025 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2025This bill would limit forced arbitration agreements, making it easier for people to pursue legal claims in court rather than private arbitration. This could affect Christian families' ability to challenge school or medical policies through arbitration clauses in enrollment or consent forms.
- HB5342: Science Appropriations Act, 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2026This is a federal appropriations bill funding Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies for fiscal year 2026. While primarily an economic/budgetary measure, appropriations bills can contain riders or provisions affecting education, nonprofit regulation, or enforcement priorities that indirectly touch Christian family concerns.
- HB5304: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2026This is a broad federal appropriations bill funding the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor for fiscal year 2026. It may contain language, conditions, or regulatory provisions that affect how these agencies implement rules impacting homeschooling, school choice, curriculum standards, and parental rights.
- HB5181: SOAR Act Improvements ActThis bill modifies the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides vouchers to low-income DC families to attend private schools of their choice instead of public schools.
- SB2714: CHAT Act Children Harmed by AI Technology ActThis bill requires AI chatbots to verify users' ages and implement protections for minors, which affects parents' ability to oversee and control their children's digital experiences and what content their kids can access online.
- SB2724: Safe at Home ActThis bill requires federal agencies and courts to recognize and comply with state address confidentiality programs that shield the home addresses of protected individuals, including domestic violence victims and vulnerable families.
- SB2719: LIFT Homebuyers Act of 2025 Low-Income First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025This bill creates a homebuyer assistance program for low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers, which could indirectly affect Christian families by expanding access to homeownership and increasing financial stability for families, potentially in areas where homeschooling or faith-based education is practiced.
- HB5121: Fairness in Higher Education Accreditation ActThis bill modifies how the federal government recognizes accrediting agencies that evaluate colleges and universities, potentially affecting which schools qualify for federal student aid and which educational pathways are federally supported.
- SB2702: Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act of 2025This bill would require schools and education agencies to respect parental rights regarding decisions about children's gender transition, preventing schools from acting on gender identity issues without parental knowledge or consent.
- HB5116: Empower Parents to Protect their Kids ActThis bill requires schools receiving federal funding to obtain explicit parental consent before supporting any aspect of a child's gender transition, addressing a major concern for parents about school involvement in gender-related decisions without parental knowledge.
- HB4972: Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children ActThis bill modifies federal foster care law to increase foster home availability and keep sibling groups together by allowing cottage family homes as placement options and making children in such homes eligible for maintenance payments. It establishes accountability measures for child safety and well-being in the foster system.
- HB4953: Gender-Affirming Child Abuse Prevention ActThis bill creates a legal right for adults to sue for damages if they received gender-affirming medical treatments (like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgeries) as minors. The lawsuit can be brought against doctors, clinics, hospitals, and parents who consented to or facilitated such treatment.
- HB4964: Child Interstate Abortion Notification ActThis bill would make it a federal crime to help a minor cross state lines to obtain an abortion without parental involvement, reinforcing parental notification and consent laws. The measure aims to protect parents' authority to be notified of and consent to their minor children's abortion decisions.
- SB2587: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2026This is a broad federal appropriations bill funding the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education for fiscal year 2026. While primarily a budgeting measure, it sets funding levels for various federal programs that could affect Christian families across multiple concern areas.
- HR611: Expressing the importance of accurate information for medical professionals treating pregnant women and their unborn children in the emergency department, and for informing the general public, and for other purposes.This resolution expresses the importance of accurate medical information for emergency department professionals treating pregnant women and their unborn children, emphasizing the value of unborn life in medical care.
- HB4770: RESTART SUNSET Act of 2025 Regulatory Evidence-based Standards for Thorough Accountability and Reassuring Tests—Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely Act of 2025This bill amends federal regulatory review rules to require more frequent reassessment of existing federal regulations. While not specifically about education or family issues, it could affect how federal agencies review and maintain regulations that govern homeschooling, school choice, religious freedoms, and other family-related rules.
- HB4769: Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025The bill creates or expands mentoring programs for foster youth through partnerships with public and private community entities. It could affect faith-based organizations that participate in foster care and mentoring networks.
- SB2433: Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2025This bill requires hospitals and birth providers to publicly disclose their policies on providing life-saving care to extremely premature infants, ensuring families know in advance what medical interventions will or won't be offered.
- HB4732: Orphanage Trafficking Prevention and Protection ActThis bill expands federal trafficking law to protect vulnerable children in residential facilities from exploitation, including orphaned minors in care institutions.
- HB4653: First-Time Parents Tax Credit ActThis bill creates a tax credit for first-time parents, which would provide financial assistance to families during their early parenting years.
- SB2418: HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act Helping with Equal Access to Leave and Investing in Needs for Grieving Mothers and Fathers ActThis bill would expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow parents to take unpaid leave after the loss of an unborn child through miscarriage or similar circumstances.
- HB4658: STUDENT Act Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today ActThis bill would impose regulatory requirements on the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union. While not explicitly about parental rights or education content, union influence over school policies—including curriculum, discipline, and hiring—directly affects parents' ability to direct their children's education.
- SB2377: EACH Act of 2025 Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act of 2025This federal bill would mandate abortion coverage in health insurance plans and related health programs, requiring affordability and access standards.
- HB4618: Jamie Reed Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse ActThis bill creates a federal legal remedy allowing families to sue medical providers and clinics that perform or promote gender-transition procedures on minors, treating such procedures as tortious harm to children.
- SB2347: Equal Health Care for All ActThis bill requires equitable health care provision and prohibits discrimination, but the broad language could compel health care providers—including religious hospitals and conscience-driven practitioners—to provide services that conflict with their faith convictions.
- HB4444: Student Loan Bankruptcy Improvement Act of 2025This bill modifies the bankruptcy discharge process for student loans, making it easier for borrowers to eliminate education debt. While not directly about Christian families, it could affect the cost-benefit analysis of education choices, including whether homeschooling, private religious schools, or other alternatives become more or less financially attractive relative to traditional public education funded through student borrowing.
- HB4425: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training ActThis bill funds education and training programs in palliative care and hospice across medical schools and chaplaincy programs, including support for faculty development in end-of-life care.
- HB4418: Child Care for Working Families ActThis bill increases federal funding and regulations for child care programs to improve quality and lower costs for working families. It would expand government involvement in child care oversight and standards that could affect religious child care providers and faith-based family choices.
- HB4406: State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2025This bill would enable states to create universal health care systems with comprehensive coverage. It could affect Christian families' ability to opt out of services conflicting with their conscience (like contraception or abortion services) depending on how states structure their plans.
- SB2286: State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2025This bill allows states to establish universal health care systems with comprehensive benefits. For Christian families, the key concern is whether state-based systems would include mandated coverage of abortion, contraception, gender transition treatments, or other services that violate conscience rights.
- HR569: Affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing need to address discrimination and inequality in the workplace, elementary, secondary, and higher education systems, government programs, the military, and our society.This resolution affirms diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility as fundamental U.S. values and emphasizes addressing discrimination across education systems and society. While not a binding law, it signals congressional support for DEI frameworks that typically shape curriculum standards, school policies, and institutional priorities.
- SB2256: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026This is a broad appropriations bill for agriculture, FDA, and related agencies. While primarily budget-focused, it could include funding levels and regulatory priorities for FDA food safety, nutrition, and pharmaceutical approval policies that might affect health-related exemptions or medical autonomy issues.
- HB4244: Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy ActThis federal bill would prohibit Medicaid from covering conversion therapy, a practice aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity. The restriction affects what treatments Medicaid will fund nationally.
- HB4138: Restoring Biological Truth in Government ActThis bill prohibits federal agencies from collecting gender identity data and mandates that all government forms offer only male and female sex options. While not directly regulating schools or families, it affects how federal agencies (including those overseeing education) process and classify information about sex and gender.
- SB2172: Respectful Treatment of Unborn Remains Act of 2025This bill prohibits the disposal of fetal remains in public water systems, establishing protections for unborn human remains. It reflects legal recognition of fetal personhood and human dignity in disposal practices.
- HB12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025This bill would protect and expand abortion access nationwide by preventing states from restricting abortion before fetal viability and limiting state penalties against abortion providers. It effectively overrides state-level protections for unborn life.
- HB4099: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom ActThis bill would prevent states from interfering with the provision of interstate abortion services, effectively limiting state authority to regulate abortion across state lines.
- SB2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025This bill protects access to abortion services and a person's right to end a pregnancy, removing restrictions that many states have enacted. It directly contradicts Christian convictions about the value of unborn life.
- SB2122: Jury ACCESS Act of 2025 Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2025This bill would prohibit excluding potential jurors from federal courts based on sexual orientation or gender identity, which could affect how juries are composed in cases involving religious liberty, parental rights, and conscience protections.
- SB2123: Broadcast VOICES Act Broadcast Varied Ownership Incentives for Community Expanded Service ActThis bill directs the FCC to increase diversity of ownership in broadcasting, including provisions that could affect religious broadcasters and faith-based media outlets through ownership rules and licensing incentives.
- HB4021: Patriotism Not Pride ActThis federal bill would prohibit federal agencies from promoting LGBTQ Pride Month or displaying related flags on federal property. While it doesn't directly regulate schools, it establishes a federal posture against LGBTQ recognition that could influence how schools and educational institutions approach curriculum, student expression, and displays.
- HB3950: Truth in Gender Act of 2025This bill mandates the use of biological sex language in federal policy and law, rejecting gender-identity terminology and requiring recognition that sex is immutable and binary. It directly addresses how schools, healthcare, and other institutions must communicate about sex and gender.
- HB3969: MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Servicemembers ActThis bill would lift the current ban on Department of Defense funding and facilities being used for abortion care for military personnel and their families.
- SB2077: Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth ActThis bill extends Medicaid coverage for young adults who aged out of the foster care system, ensuring they maintain health insurance as they transition to independence.
- SB2056: CREATE JOBS Act Cost Recovery and Expensing Acceleration to Transform the Economy and Jumpstart Opportunities for Businesses and Startups ActThis bill permanently expands tax deductions for business investments in qualified property, which could indirectly benefit educational savings accounts (ESAs) and school-choice programs that rely on tax-credit scholarship funding or nonprofit donation mechanisms.
- HB3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights ActThis bill expands labor protections for domestic workers, which could affect families who employ nannies, au pairs, housekeepers, or childcare providers in their homes.
- HB3995: State Public Option ActThis bill would allow states to offer a Medicaid-based public health insurance option, expanding government-administered health coverage choices for Americans.
- HB3916: My Body, My Data Act of 2025This bill restricts how personal reproductive and sexual health data can be collected, shared, and used by companies and entities. It would impact schools, healthcare providers, and digital platforms that handle student or minor health information without parental involvement.
- SB2029: My Body, My Data Act of 2025This bill restricts how companies collect, use, and share personal reproductive and sexual health information; it would likely limit parents' ability to know what data their children access or share about these sensitive topics online.
- HB3856: Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes federal funding and programs for runaway and homeless youth, including prevention services, shelter, and trafficking intervention. It may expand reporting requirements or define circumstances that trigger child welfare involvement.
- SB2012: Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which funds shelters, services, and prevention programs for at-risk youth. The reauthorization may affect how faith-based organizations provide or receive support for youth services and could impact parental notification and involvement policies.
- SB2008: Stop Funding Genital Mutilation ActThis bill would prohibit Medicaid and CHIP (government health insurance programs) from paying for gender transition procedures. It directly addresses medical gender transition, a concern area for families navigating healthcare decisions and conscience rights.
- HB3850: District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2025This bill would eliminate the applicability of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to Washington D.C., removing federal religious liberty protections that currently allow individuals and organizations (including religious schools, churches, and faith-based nonprofits) to seek exemptions from generally applicable laws that burden their religious exercise.
- HB3792: KIDS Act Kids Information Data Security ActThis bill prohibits Medicare and state health care programs from asking minors about gender identity or sexual orientation on medical intake forms. It protects parental authority by ensuring such sensitive information is not collected without explicit parental knowledge and consent.
- HB3757: Pride In Mental Health Act of 2025This bill amends federal health law to establish protections specifically for LGBT youth and families, which could create obligations for schools, healthcare providers, and institutions that interact with families on mental health matters.
- SB1957: No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate ActThis bill would repeal executive orders that restrict LGBTQ+ protections. While not directly regulating schools or families, it could affect how schools implement gender-related policies and nondiscrimination rules affecting families' experiences with curricula and facility access.
- HB3701: Family Vaccine Protection ActThis bill codifies the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) into law and makes unspecified changes ('and for other purposes'). The vague language could affect how vaccine recommendations are made and potentially impact existing or future vaccine exemptions.
- HB3688: Protecting Children from Experimentation Act of 2025This federal bill would prohibit gender transition procedures on minors by amending federal criminal law. The prohibition would apply nationwide and make performing such procedures on children a federal crime.
- HB3662: Labor Income Fairness and Transparency ActThis bill would increase the federal minimum wage and expand Fair Labor Standards Act protections. Christian families who operate faith-based schools, daycare centers, or other ministry organizations may be affected by increased labor costs and compliance requirements.
- HR445: Supporting the goals and ideals of the month of May as Sex Ed For All Month: Equity and Access for All.This resolution designates May as 'Sex Ed For All Month' and advocates for expanded, equitable access to sex education in schools nationwide. While not a binding law, it signals federal support for comprehensive sex education policies that could influence state and local curriculum standards.
- SB1910: Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2025This bill promotes sexual health instruction and content in schools focused on 'healthy relationships' and lifelong sexual health for young people.
- SR250: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policies to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.This resolution marks National Foster Care Month and urges Congress to improve policies affecting children in foster care. While it doesn't mandate specific changes, it signals support for foster care system reforms that could affect faith-based adoption and foster agencies.
- HB3527: Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2025This bill aims to promote sexual health education and healthy relationships for young people, which would likely influence what schools teach about sexuality and relationships.
- SR240: A resolution affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing need to address discrimination and inequality in the workplace, pre-K through 12th grade and higher education systems, government programs, the military, and our society.This resolution affirms diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as fundamental values and calls for addressing discrimination across education systems from pre-K through higher education. While non-binding, it signals support for DEI initiatives that may influence curriculum, hiring, and school policies.
- HB3518: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.This bill would deny federal funding to graduate medical schools that require diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, potentially affecting how doctors are trained and what values are prioritized in medical education.
- HB3519: Universal School Choice ActThis bill creates a federal tax credit for donations to nonprofits that provide education scholarships to K-12 students, expanding school choice options through tax-incentivized charitable giving.
- SB1810: Universal School Choice ActThis bill would create a federal tax credit for donations to nonprofits that award scholarships to elementary and secondary students, expanding access to education options beyond traditional public schools.
- HB3525: Regulatory Accountability ActThis bill establishes procedural requirements for how federal agencies create and implement rules. While it doesn't name education or families specifically, it could meaningfully affect how agencies like the Department of Education enforce rules that impact parental rights, school regulation, and religious exemptions.
- HB3504: Artemis Act of 2025This bill creates exceptions from expedited immigration removal for certain countries, potentially affecting family unity and parental custody when immigrant families face deportation proceedings.
- SB1811: Embracing Anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education ActThis bill would cut federal funding to graduate medical schools that maintain diversity, equity, and inclusion policies or requirements, using financial leverage to shape institutional culture and curriculum.
- HB3941: Relating to services provided to foster youth transitioning to independent living, including transitional living services and Medicaid eligibility.This bill expands Medicaid eligibility and transitional living services for foster youth aging out of the system, including provisions related to education and vocational training support.
- HB5551: Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.This bill adjusts how attorneys ad litem are appointed and compensated in cases where government agencies file suit against parents over custody, care, or parental rights. While not about homeschooling directly, it affects the legal process in child welfare disputes that could involve homeschooling families.
- SB1774: Protecting Minors in Federal Health Plans ActThis bill would restrict certain medical treatments from being covered under federal health insurance plans (the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program). While the bill's specific exclusions aren't detailed here, such restrictions could affect coverage of treatments related to gender transition, contraception, or other health services relevant to Christian family conscience concerns.
- HB3417: Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025This bill would require websites and software applications used by schools, employers, and public accommodations to meet uniform accessibility standards, potentially affecting how Christian schools and educational programs deliver content and communicate with families.
- HB3411: Conscience Protection Act of 2025This bill amends federal law to prevent discrimination against healthcare organizations and providers that refuse to participate in abortion services, and strengthens enforcement of existing conscience protection laws.
- SB1708: Regulatory Accountability ActThis bill establishes new procedures for federal agencies to follow when creating regulations, including review processes and cost-benefit analysis requirements that could affect how agencies enforce education rules.
- HB7: Relating to parental rights in public education, to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency, and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.HB 7 creates an inspector general office at the Texas Education Agency and establishes new requirements for reporting misconduct, child abuse, and neglect in public schools. It also addresses parental rights and notification in public education.
- HB3265: Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2025This bill would ban corporal punishment (physical discipline) in all schools, including religious and private schools. It limits parental and school authority over student discipline methods.
- HB3285: Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2025This bill changes how the federal student loan interest deduction works for married couples, allowing each spouse to claim the deduction separately rather than as a combined household, which reduces the 'marriage penalty' in the tax code.
- HB3273: Child Care Workforce Development ActThis bill creates a federal loan assistance program for early childhood educators, which could increase government involvement in regulating childcare facilities and staff qualifications that families use.
- HB3250: Developing and Advancing Innovative Learning ModelsThis bill creates a grant program to support development of innovative learning models in education, which could include homeschooling, microschools, or alternative education approaches that serve Christian families seeking non-traditional schooling options.
- SB1663: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025This bill would ban commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, which are services claiming to change sexual orientation or gender identity.
- SB1641: RESTORE Act Reaffirming Every Servicemembers' Trust Of Religious Exemptions ActThis bill protects service members who requested religious accommodations (including those who may have sought vaccine exemptions) from career discrimination based on their religious exemption requests. It ensures fair review of their military careers after making those requests.
- HB3243: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025This bill would ban commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy. While focused on fraudulent commercial practices, it could affect parental authority over counseling choices and how minors' sexual orientation issues are addressed in therapeutic settings.
- HB3247: SAFE Home Act Sensible Adoption For Every Home ActThis bill would prevent adoption and foster care agencies receiving federal funds from delaying or denying placements based on certain characteristics or conditions. It could protect faith-based adoption and foster care agencies from being forced to place children in ways that conflict with their religious beliefs or values.
- SB1658: SAFE Home Act Sensible Adoption For Every Home ActThis bill prevents adoption and foster care agencies that receive federal funding from delaying or denying placements based on certain protected characteristics or beliefs, likely including religion and family structure.
- HB3240: RESTORE Act Reaffirming Every Servicemembers' Trust Of Religious Exemptions ActThis bill protects service members' religious accommodation requests and ensures they receive fair career advancement review despite filing for religious exemptions. It directly addresses religious freedom protections for military personnel.
- HR390: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in, or at risk of entering, the foster care system.This resolution designates National Foster Care Month and calls on Congress to improve policies affecting children in foster care. While largely symbolic, it sets an agenda for future foster care legislation that could affect faith-based adoption and foster agencies if policy changes restrict religious exemptions or conscience protections.
- HB3218: Reproductive Data Privacy and Protection ActThis bill would protect data privacy by preventing federal law enforcement from obtaining records about individuals' receipt of reproductive services. It creates a shield against government access to sensitive health information.
- SB1631: Restoring Safeguards for Dangerous Abortion Drugs ActThis bill would require the HHS Secretary to maintain strict safety protocols (a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) for mifepristone, the drug used in medication abortion, and would reverse recent FDA decisions that loosened those protections.
- SB1621: Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025This bill restores HUD fair housing enforcement that could affect housing access for faith-based organizations, religious families, and religious schools that operate or lease housing-related facilities.
- HB3205: No Subsidies for Gender Transition Procedures ActThis bill would prohibit tax deductions and federal funding for costs related to gender transition procedures. It directly addresses access to and financial incentives for gender transition medical services.
- SB1586: App Store Accountability ActThis bill requires app stores to provide parents with clear information about apps their children download and use, and ensures parental consent is obtained. While focused on digital apps rather than education directly, it affirms parental authority over children's access to content and digital tools.
- HB3163: Military Chaplains Act of 2025This bill clarifies the role and qualifications of military chaplains, including how they serve service members' spiritual needs. Changes to chaplain qualifications or duties could affect Christian chaplains' ability to minister according to their faith convictions.
- SB1551: No Subsidies for Gender Transition Procedures ActThis bill would prevent tax deductions and federal funding from being used to pay for gender transition procedures, affecting medical gender transition access and how families can finance such care.
- HB3156: Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes and reforms the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides cash assistance to low-income families. Changes to TANF rules could affect eligibility, work requirements, or benefit structures for families that include homeschooling or religiously affiliated households.
- SB1569: Fairness in Higher Education Accreditation ActThis bill changes how the federal government recognizes accrediting agencies for colleges and universities, potentially affecting which schools qualify for federal student aid and how their credentials are valued.
- SB558: Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025This bill adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in enforcing federal antidiscrimination laws affecting schools and educational programs. The IHRA definition includes certain speech and political statements as antisemitic, which could influence what schools teach and restrict classroom discussion.
- HB3104: Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025This bill adjusts immigration status for Ukrainian nationals, which could affect families with Ukrainian children in foster care, adoption, or custody situations, as well as Ukrainian refugee families seeking to reunify or establish guardianship.
- HR237: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing measures at the Department of Education.This resolution requests documents about potential downsizing and staff reductions at the Department of Education, which oversees federal education policy and funding.
- SB1503: Equality ActThis bill would amend federal civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation in public accommodations, employment, education, and federally funded programs. It includes provisions that could require schools and religious organizations to comply with gender identity policies regardless of their beliefs.
- HB3080: Health Care Fairness for All ActThis bill restructures health insurance tax credits and health savings accounts to increase affordability and access. Changes to HSA rules or insurance credits could affect how Christian families fund health care expenses and medical conscience rights.
- HB15: Equality ActThe Equality Act would amend federal civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public accommodations, employment, housing, education, and federally funded programs.
- HB3000: Caring for Seniors ActThis bill addresses long-term care workforce and affordability but could affect faith-based senior care facilities, hospices, and ministries that serve elderly populations through regulatory or reporting requirements embedded in the legislation.
- SB0494: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55, relative to the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act.SB0494 creates a new category of independent homeschools in Tennessee that would be exempt from data collection, reporting, and assessment requirements, and would exempt homeschool students and parents from compulsory school attendance laws. It also prohibits conditioning driver's licenses on school attendance.
- HB2851: WISE Act Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment ActThis bill extends immigration benefits to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and gender-based violence. It could affect how child welfare agencies interact with immigrant families and may create reporting obligations or safe harbor provisions relevant to Christian families navigating CPS systems.
- HB2833: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2025This bill would make the existing adoption tax credit refundable, allowing families to receive money back even if they owe no tax. For Christian families, especially those using faith-based adoption agencies or pursuing adoption as a family value, this expands financial support for adoption.
- SB1458: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2025This bill would make the adoption tax credit refundable, allowing adoptive families to receive the full credit amount even if their tax liability is lower than the credit, potentially returning money to taxpayers.
- SB1382: Family First ActThis bill modifies federal tax credits for families with children, potentially increasing financial support available to Christian families through enhanced child tax credits.
- SB1384: Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025This bill requires states to report data on how much Medicaid money goes to abortion providers, creating transparency about public funding of abortion services.
- HR321: Supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the country to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.This resolution expresses support for an initiative calling for expanded protections and visibility for LGBTQI+ students in K-12 schools, framing it as a civil rights matter.
- HB2779: Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2025This bill would require states to publicly report how much Medicaid money they spend paying abortion providers, increasing transparency about state funding of abortion services.
- SR168: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the United States to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.This resolution endorses the 'Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative,' which calls for civil rights protections and freedom from erasure for LGBTQI+ students in K-12 schools. While non-binding, it signals legislative support for policies that could affect curriculum, school policies, and parental rights around gender and sexuality issues in schools.
- HB2718: Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2025This bill mandates notification procedures when someone dies, is seriously injured, or becomes seriously ill while in federal custody, and encourages states and local governments to adopt similar policies.
- SB1338: Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025 Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2025This bill restricts schools' use of suspensions, expulsions, and other exclusionary discipline, requiring alternative approaches like restorative practices. It indirectly affects Christian families by limiting schools' disciplinary authority and potentially reshaping how school conduct rules are enforced.
- HB2739: Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools ActThis bill redirects federal school funding from police presence to counseling and support services for marginalized students. While focused on school security and mental health, the language about 'trauma-informed services' and 'addressing needs of marginalized students' could affect how schools counsel students on sensitive topics and what parents are notified about.
- HB2738: Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2025 Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2025This federal bill aims to reduce exclusionary discipline (suspensions, expulsions) in schools by restricting punitive practices and requiring schools to use restorative approaches instead. It would likely impose new requirements on schools' disciplinary policies and procedures.
- HB4846: Relating to the criminal procedures related to children who commit certain Class C misdemeanors.This bill modifies criminal procedures for juveniles committing Class C misdemeanors, which could affect how law enforcement and the juvenile justice system interact with families, including homeschooled children.
- HJR194: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for credits against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the property of certain persons who provide an educational alternative for a child eligible to attend a public school in the district.This constitutional amendment would allow Texas to create tax credits for people who provide educational alternatives (including homeschooling) to public school attendance, reducing their property tax burden to the school district.
- HB2644: Love Them Both Act of 2025This bill prevents federal workplace fairness rules from being used to require employers to cover or accommodate abortion services. It protects employers—including religious organizations and Christian business owners—from being forced to facilitate abortion through employee benefits or workplace accommodations.
- HB2595: Building Child Care for a Better Future ActThis bill expands federal funding for child care programs and workforce development under Social Security Act provisions. The legislation could indirectly affect Christian families by expanding child care regulations, subsidy structures, and standards that may apply to faith-based child care providers.
- SB1244: Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2025This bill creates Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) specifically for military families' children, allowing parents to redirect education funds to their choice of school or educational service.
- SB895: Relating to a student's eligibility to participate in the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program.SB 895 modifies eligibility requirements for Texas's FAST program, which provides financial aid to students transferring from high school to college. The bill subjects indicate it touches home education in the context of higher education financing.
- HB2497: Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025This bill would require federal health authorities to run a public campaign promoting abortion access and related services. It directly contradicts the conviction held by many Christian families that abortion ends a human life and violates the sanctity of unborn life.
- HB2438: Foster Care Tax Credit ActThis bill creates a tax credit for families who foster children, offering financial support to those providing foster care.
- HB2469: Abortion DOULAS Act Abortion Data and Outreach to Unlock and Leverage Abortion Support ActThis bill directs the federal government to study and promote abortion doula services—trained advocates who support people undergoing abortion. While not restricting abortion access, it uses federal resources to expand abortion support infrastructure.
- HB2425: Kairo Act of 2025HB2425 strengthens transparency and safety requirements in childcare settings for babies and young children. The bill affects how childcare facilities (including faith-based providers) must operate and report on their practices.
- SB1180: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26, relative to background checks.This bill requires private schools that accept students using Tennessee's education freedom scholarships, individualized education accounts, or education savings accounts to conduct background checks on teachers and staff with student contact. Homeschoolers using these state-funded accounts would be affected if they operate as private schools or use these programs.
- HB2387: No Harm ActThis bill would prevent federal funding from being used for medical gender transition treatments in minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures.
- SB1147: Defining Male and Female Act of 2025This bill establishes biological definitions of male and female in law, directly addressing how gender is defined and recognized in state statute.
- HB2386: Make Education Great Again ActThis bill aims to enhance education outcomes by expanding parental, state, and local authority over schools, which could strengthen parents' voice in their children's education and reduce federal overreach.
- HB2378: Defining Male and Female Act of 2025This bill establishes legal definitions of biological sex as male or female, likely affecting how schools and institutions classify individuals in sports, facilities, and records.
- HB3683: Relating to a student's eligibility to participate in the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program.HB3683 modifies eligibility requirements for Texas's FAST (Financial Aid for Swift Transfer) program, a state financial aid initiative for higher education students. The bill may affect how homeschooled students qualify for or access these state-funded educational benefits.
- HJR155: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education.This proposed constitutional amendment would enshrine parents' right to direct their child's education at the state constitutional level, which directly affirms the legal basis for homeschooling and parental educational choice.
- HB2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices ActThis bill reauthorizes and modifies the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, which distributes federal childcare subsidies to families. It includes provisions to expand access to relative caregivers (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.) as approved childcare options.
- HB2275: SCHOOL Act of 2025 Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2025This bill would allow federal K-12 education funding to follow students to their school of choice, rather than staying with traditional public schools. This is a federal education savings account or follow-the-funds mechanism.
- HR238: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.This House resolution affirms that abortion qualifies as emergency health care and is a basic right. While non-binding, it signals legislative intent that could influence how federal healthcare policy, funding, and conscience protections are interpreted going forward.
- HB2276: CRT Act Combating Racist Teaching in Schools ActThis bill withholds federal funding from schools that teach race-based theories (often called Critical Race Theory or CRT) to students. It targets specific curriculum content deemed to promote division based on race.
- HB2251: Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome ActThis bill would make it a federal crime to perform an abortion specifically because the unborn child has Down syndrome, adding Down syndrome to existing federal protections against disability-based abortion discrimination.
- SB1826: Relating to career and technology education programs in public schools and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, including funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.This bill modifies funding and program structures for career and technology education in Texas public schools, including the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership program and facility funding under the Foundation School Program.
- HJR136: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation.This proposed constitutional amendment would protect private schools from state and local regulation, which could affect homeschoolers who operate under private-school or umbrella-school status in Texas.
- HR127: Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury payment systems and confidential taxpayer information.This bill requests documents about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Treasury payment systems and taxpayer information, raising transparency and data-security concerns.
- HB2226: Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025This bill protects pregnancy resource centers and healthcare entities that decline to provide or refer for abortion services from federal discrimination, and strengthens enforcement of existing federal conscience protections in healthcare.
- HB2202: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025This bill prohibits the use of taxpayer funds to pay for gender transition procedures. It directly restricts government-funded medical gender transition services that may affect minors.
- SB1987: Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.This bill modifies the legal procedures and grounds for terminating parental rights in Texas. While it does not mention homeschooling, it affects homeschooling families because child welfare agencies and courts may use these procedures when investigating or acting against parents, including those who homeschool.
- HB1841: Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.This bill modifies Texas's child abuse and neglect reporting requirements, which apply to designated professionals and potentially affect how homeschooling families interact with child protective services.
- HB2236: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.This bill adds chronically absent students to the category of students considered 'at risk' and requires schools to collect and report data on their attendance patterns.
- HB2153: Fight for Families Act of 2025This bill makes the federal tax credit for adopting special needs children refundable, meaning families can receive refunds even if they owe no federal income tax. For faith-based adoption agencies and Christian families engaged in adoption ministry, this increases the financial incentive and accessibility of special needs adoption.
- SB1834: Relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes.This bill adopts a revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, which governs how states coordinate when children in foster care or protective custody are placed across state lines.
- HB1504: Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical cannabis for medical use by qualifying patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and the licensing of dispensing organizations and cannabis testing facilities; authorizing fees.This bill legalizes medical cannabis for qualifying patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and establishes licensing for dispensaries and testing facilities.
- SB986: Safe Schools Improvement ActThis bill establishes federal anti-bullying and anti-harassment requirements for schools, potentially including mandatory reporting and investigation procedures that could affect parental notification and involvement in their child's school discipline or safety incidents.
- SB977: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025This bill would prevent government funding of gender transition medical procedures, affecting healthcare access for minors and adults covered by public insurance programs like Medicaid.
- SB987: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025This bill blocks federal government involvement in research using tissue from aborted fetuses, including funding, conducting, or approving such research.
- SB985: PROTECT USA Act of 2025 Prevent Regulatory Overreach from Turning Essential Companies into Targets Act of 2025This federal bill prevents U.S. companies critical to national interests from complying with foreign environmental and social regulations (like EU sustainability rules), potentially affecting how faith-based schools, ministries, and nonprofit suppliers are treated in global supply chains.
- SB951: Stop Comstock ActThis bill would modify federal criminal statutes that restrict the mailing and transport of abortion-related materials and devices, effectively loosening restrictions on abortion-related communications and contraceptive distribution across state lines.
- HR220: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, and for other purposes.This resolution expresses Congress's position that Nigeria should be designated a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations, advocating for stronger U.S. action against persecution of Christians and other religious minorities abroad.
- HB2049: Access to Family Building ActThis bill would prohibit states from restricting access to assisted reproductive technology (like IVF and surrogacy). While not explicitly targeting families or education, it affects the legal definition and formation of families.
- HB2075: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025This bill prohibits federal funding and conduct of research using human fetal tissue from induced abortions, and bars the government from soliciting or accepting such tissue donations.
- HCR18: Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".This resolution expresses state support for designating March 10, 2025 as 'Abortion Provider Appreciation Day' to honor abortion providers.
- SCR9: A concurrent resolution expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".This concurrent resolution calls for official recognition of a day dedicated to honoring abortion providers. While not legislation that directly regulates abortion or Christian families, it uses state authority to promote and celebrate abortion provision.
- HB1954: Do No Harm ActThis bill amends the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to limit religious exemptions when they would harm third parties or violate civil rights laws. It constrains the scope of religious liberty defenses in cases involving employment, housing, public accommodations, and other protected categories.
- SB891: Bipartisan Health Care Act Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes federal health care provisions and pandemic preparedness programs. Depending on its specific language, it could affect medical conscience protections, immunization mandate requirements, or religious healthcare provider exemptions.
- SB894: Do No Harm ActThis bill would amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by adding new restrictions on religious exemptions when they would cause harm to third parties or conflict with civil rights protections. It directly shapes when religious conscience claims succeed in court.
- HB1866: GUARD Act Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents ActThis bill would tie federal child abuse prevention funding to state compliance with protecting parental rights when parents oppose gender-affirming medical treatments or social changes for their children.
- SB851: GUARD Act Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents ActThis bill would penalize states that discriminate against parents who refuse gender-affirming medical or social treatments for their children, by threatening to withhold federal child abuse prevention funding from states that don't protect such parents' rights.
- HJR52: Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation.This constitutional amendment would protect private schools from state and local regulation. Homeschoolers using umbrella schools or operating as private schools could benefit from reduced regulatory oversight.
- HB1810: Safe Schools Improvement ActThis bill creates new anti-bullying and anti-harassment requirements in schools, including potential mandatory reporting of incidents and new student conduct standards.
- SB1306: Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age.This bill modifies criminal responsibility and juvenile justice procedures in Texas, including how minors are treated in the criminal system. It could indirectly affect homeschoolers if changes to juvenile justice practices alter how child-welfare concerns or allegations are investigated or handled.
- HB1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 American Promise Act of 2025 Dream Act of 2025This bill provides a path to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants, including young people brought to the U.S. as children. While primarily an immigration bill, it could affect Christian families by determining legal status and work authorization for family members, which impacts family stability and parental ability to support dependents.
- HB1639: BOAT Act Ban Offshore Abortion Tourism ActThis bill would ban abortion in U.S. waters and maritime jurisdiction, extending abortion restrictions beyond land-based territory.
- SB757: Tribal Adoption Parity ActThis bill expands the federal adoption tax credit to cover adoptions processed through Indian tribal governments by treating them the same as state and local adoption agencies when determining if a child has 'special needs' for tax purposes.
- HB1557: Stop Sexual Harassment in K–12 ActThis bill strengthens Title IX enforcement in K–12 schools, establishing procedures and protections against sexual harassment. While not explicitly targeting parental consent or curriculum, it could affect school policies on reporting, investigation, and disclosure that implicate parental notification and authority over their children's safety and wellbeing.
- HB1525: Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions ActThis bill prohibits the federal government from declaring or using a public health emergency to expand access to chemical abortion (medication abortion). It specifically restricts administrative actions that might override state abortion laws during emergencies.
- HB1416: Parental Oversight and Educational Transparency ActThis bill amends federal education law to mandate parental notification and consent for certain school activities, directly addressing parents' authority to know about and approve what happens to their children during the school day.
- HB1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025This bill protects individuals from unlawful detention based on protected characteristics like race, religion, or national origin. It could affect Christian families by strengthening legal protections against government action that targets religious identity or beliefs.
- HB1427: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the adoption credit and to establish the in vitro fertilization expenses credit.This bill would increase the federal tax credit for adoption and create a new tax credit for in vitro fertilization (IVF) expenses, making these family-building options more affordable for taxpayers.
- HB1389: Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults ActThis bill addresses marriage rights for disabled adults, potentially affecting how states define legal capacity for marriage and guardianship arrangements that impact family structure and parental oversight.
- HB1354: Justice for All Act of 2025This bill would expand civil rights claims under the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include disparate-impact lawsuits, potentially broadening how discrimination is defined and prosecuted. The expansion could affect religious schools, homeschools, or faith-based programs if their policies or outcomes are challenged as having a disparate impact on protected groups.
- HB1282: Eliminate DEI in Colleges ActThis bill would cut federal funding to colleges that operate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. While aimed at higher education, it could indirectly affect Christian families by influencing how colleges recruit, admit, and serve students, and potentially shift institutional culture away from DEI-focused policies.
- HB1349: Women’s Protection in Telehealth ActThis bill would prevent doctors and clinics that provide abortion services via telehealth from receiving Medicare payments, effectively restricting access to remote abortion care for eligible patients.
- HB1335: MSD Act Measures for Safer School Districts ActThis bill requires schools to establish emergency response procedures and improve door security at elementary and secondary schools, with specific attention to parental notification during and after incidents.
- SB600: Supporting Adopted Children and Families ActThis bill expands federal support and resources for families who have adopted children, including pre-adoption counseling and post-adoption services like mental health care and family support programs.
- SB604: Safe Home Act of 2025This bill aims to address informal child custody transfers and improve awareness and prevention of these arrangements through amendments to federal adoption programs.
- SB535: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices ActThis bill reauthorizes federal childcare funding and expands access to relative caregivers for families using childcare subsidies. It affects parental choice and autonomy in selecting childcare arrangements, particularly for families relying on subsidized care.
- HR122: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for "midnight rules", and for other purposes.This procedural bill enables faster congressional review and disapproval of federal regulations issued at the end of an administration ("midnight rules"). While procedurally neutral, it could affect Christian families by making it easier to block or reverse last-minute education, healthcare, or religious freedom regulations.
- HB1208: No Tax Breaks for Radical Corporate Activism ActThis bill would prohibit companies from deducting as business expenses any costs they reimburse to employees for child gender transition procedures or abortion-related travel, using tax policy to discourage corporate support for these services.
- HB1185: Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training ActThis bill requires schools to implement training curricula on human trafficking and exploitation recognition and prevention for students, teachers, and staff.
- SB734: Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, delivery, sale, and research of medical cannabis for medical use by patients with certain medical conditions and the licensing of medical cannabis organizations; authorizing a fee.SB734 creates a medical cannabis licensing and regulatory framework for Texas, establishing how patients with qualifying conditions may legally possess and use cannabis for medical purposes.
- HB1104: Unborn Child Support ActThis bill would require state child support enforcement programs to collect and distribute support for unborn children, treating pregnancy as a basis for child support obligations.
- SB487: CHOICE Act Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education ActSB487, the CHOICE Act, is designed to expand educational opportunities by creating or expanding choice mechanisms—likely including education savings accounts, vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, or open enrollment policies that let families select schools beyond traditional public assignments.
- HB1016: Protecting Women’s Private Spaces ActThis bill would restrict access to single-sex facilities on federal property based on biological sex, affecting how schools, workplaces, and other federal facilities handle restroom and locker room policies.
- HB999: Right to Contraception ActThis bill protects access to contraception and prevents restrictions on contraceptive information and provision by health care providers. It could limit parental notification or consent requirements for minors seeking contraception.
- HB1017: Stop the Invasion of Women’s Spaces ActThis federal bill would cut funding to any entity—including schools and universities—that allows individuals to use facilities (bathrooms, locker rooms, etc.) not matching their biological sex. Christian families concerned about gender ideology in schools and sex-separated facilities could be materially affected.
- HB1015: Prison Rape Prevention Act of 2025This bill would establish rules for housing and transportation of incarcerated individuals based on biological sex and limit gender-related medical treatments in federal prisons. While focused on the criminal justice system, it addresses gender ideology in government institutions and may signal broader legislative intent regarding gender medical treatments.
- HB1007: Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025This bill would adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism in federal antidiscrimination enforcement related to educational programs. The definition includes criticism of Israel and certain speech that could affect how schools handle curriculum, guest speakers, and student expression.
- SB405: Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports ActThis bill modifies eligibility rules for amateur sports governing organizations, likely addressing whether athletes can compete on sports teams aligned with their biological sex or gender identity.
- HB936: Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2025This bill gives states more flexibility to implement Medicaid waivers that could alter how healthcare is provided and funded. Depending on the specific waivers approved, this could affect religious families' access to conscience-based healthcare exemptions, religious health-sharing ministries, or other faith-aligned healthcare options.
- HB925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025This bill aims to dismantle DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs in federal government and agencies. While focused on federal employment, it could affect federal funding streams, grant conditions, and regulatory guidance that shape how schools approach curriculum, hiring, and institutional policies.
- HR94: Expressing support for the Nation's local public K-12 schools and condemning any actions that would defund public education or weaken or dismantle the Department of Education.This resolution opposes defunding public schools and dismantling the Department of Education, which implicitly opposes school choice policies (vouchers, ESAs, tax-credit scholarships) that redirect funding from public schools to alternative education options.
- HB939: Student Empowerment ActThis bill expands 529 education savings accounts to cover K-12 expenses, not just college, allowing families to save and spend tax-free dollars on tuition, fees, and educational costs at schools of their choice.
- SB382: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025This bill aims to dismantle DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives across federal government and agencies. While not explicitly about education, it could affect how federal education programs, funding requirements, and agency guidance are structured regarding diversity-related policies in schools.
- SB56: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.This bill requires public schools to track and report data on chronically absent students and treat them as at-risk for dropout. While it focuses on public school attendance and data collection, it relates to compulsory attendance laws that affect homeschoolers' obligations and exemptions.
- HB136: Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025This bill directs the VA to review veteran suicides and examine related medical practices. It could indirectly affect Christian families through potential policies on medication oversight, conscience protections for healthcare providers, and veterans' rights to informed consent and alternative treatments.
- SB370: Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity ActThis bill creates federal tax credits for individuals and corporations who donate to organizations that fund scholarships for students, effectively establishing a tax-credit scholarship program to expand education options beyond traditional public schools.
- HB833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025This bill creates a tax credit for charitable donations to nonprofits that fund education scholarships for elementary and secondary students, expanding how families can access alternative education options.
- HB895: Ensuring Justice for Victims of Partial-Birth Abortion ActThis bill requires the U.S. Attorney General to investigate alleged violations of the federal partial-birth abortion ban, strengthening enforcement of existing law against a specific abortion procedure.
- HB846: SAD Act Stop Antiabortion Disinformation ActThis bill restricts certain advertising and speech related to abortion services, aiming to prevent what it defines as 'disinformation' about abortion.
- SB334: American Values ActThis bill makes permanent the existing restrictions that prevent federal funds from being used for abortion or involuntary sterilization, codifying long-standing appropriations language into law.
- SB292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025This bill creates a tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting nonprofits that help students attend elementary and secondary schools of their choice, expanding educational alternatives beyond traditional public schools.
- SB312: Jamie Reed Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse ActThis bill creates a federal lawsuit mechanism allowing individuals to sue pediatric gender clinics and organizations that provide gender-transition procedures to children, treating these as torts (civil wrongs) that cause bodily or mental harm.
- SB311: ACE Act Achieving Choice in Education ActSB311 amends the tax code to create incentives that encourage education funding alternatives, likely including education savings accounts, tax-credit scholarships, or similar mechanisms that expand parental choice beyond traditional public schools.
- SR44: A resolution designating the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".This resolution designates a week to celebrate and promote school choice — the idea that families should have options beyond traditional public schools, including homeschooling, private schools, and education alternatives.
- HB0001: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025.Tennessee's Education Freedom Act of 2025 creates or expands education savings accounts (ESAs) or similar funding mechanisms that allow families to use public education dollars for alternative education options, including homeschooling.
- HB742: PROTECTS Act of 2025 Protecting Resources Of Taxpayers to Eliminate Childhood Transgender Surgeries Act of 2025This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for gender transition medical procedures on minors. It directly restricts what types of medical interventions can be funded by federal dollars when performed on children.
- HB817: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025This bill creates a federal tax credit for donations to nonprofits that provide education scholarships to students, effectively expanding education choice beyond traditional public schools.
- HB795: Pregnancy Is Not an Illness Act of 2025This bill would prevent the federal government from classifying pregnancy as an illness when it comes to approving abortion medications, effectively restricting access to abortion drugs.
- HB798: Dignity for Aborted Children ActThis bill establishes requirements for the respectful handling and disposal of fetal remains from abortion procedures, protecting the physical dignity of unborn children.
- HB799: Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2025This bill requires that parents be notified and given an opportunity to intervene when a minor seeks an abortion, establishing parental notification and consent protections.
- HB750: ACE Act Achieving Choice in Education ActThe ACE Act creates tax incentives to encourage education donations and support, likely including education savings accounts, scholarships, or tuition assistance programs that expand family choice in schools.
- HB797: Ultrasounds Save Lives Act of 2025This bill requires women to receive information about abortion risks and fetal development before having an abortion procedure, ensuring informed consent. It directly addresses the sanctity-of-life concern by requiring disclosure of the unborn child's developmental characteristics to women considering abortion.
- HB729: Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025This bill would prohibit chemical (medication) abortions from being administered without a healthcare provider physically present, restricting access to remote telemedicine abortion procedures.
- HB720: Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts ActThis bill would prevent Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) from being used to pay for abortions or abortion-related expenses, treating such distributions as non-qualified medical expenses subject to tax and penalty.
- HR65: Reaffirming the freedom to decide and expressing continued support for medication abortion access.This resolution expresses congressional support for medication abortion access and reaffirms the right to choose abortion. While not regulating families directly, it signals federal support for abortion availability that affects pro-life Christian families' values and choices.
- HB722: Life at Conception ActThis bill would establish legal personhood and equal protection rights for preborn humans from conception, creating a federal framework for recognizing and protecting fetal life.
- HB727: Prohibiting Abortion Industry’s Lucrative Loopholes ActThis bill would prohibit the sale and transactions of human fetal tissue, closing what proponents see as profitable loopholes in abortion industry practices.
- HB719: No Abortion Coverage for Medicaid ActThis bill restricts Medicaid and CHIP from funding abortion-related demonstration projects, limiting how federal health programs can cover or study abortion services.
- SB251: Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts ActThis bill would change the tax rules for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to prevent them from being used to pay for abortions or abortion-related services, with limited exceptions for cases where the mother's life is in danger.
- SB250: Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance ActThis bill restricts federal funding to organizations involved in abortion-related work, primarily affecting international aid and foreign assistance programs. While not directly regulating domestic abortion policy, it reflects a commitment to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from supporting abortion abroad.
- SB253: Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025This bill changes federal tax law so that abortion expenses cannot be deducted as medical expenses on tax returns. It reflects a legal position that abortion is not a health care service eligible for tax-favored treatment.
- SB242: Dignity for Aborted Children ActThis bill establishes protections for the respectful treatment and burial of fetal remains from abortion, addressing the physical dignity of unborn children after abortion occurs.
- HB679: To nullify the modifications made by the Food and Drug Administration in January 2023 to the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the abortion pill mifepristone, and for other purposes.This bill seeks to reverse FDA rule changes that loosened restrictions on mifepristone (the abortion pill), including allowing mail delivery and use without in-person doctor visits. Christian families who hold pro-life convictions would be directly affected by changes to abortion access and availability.
- HB685: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2025 Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2025This bill would prevent the FDA from approving new abortion drugs and impose stricter regulations on existing abortion medications, aiming to reduce access to medication abortion.
- HB653: Protect Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill restricts medical gender transition procedures for minors, treating them as a form of medical malpractice and establishing legal protections against such interventions.
- HB682: Heartbeat Protection Act of 2025This bill would make abortion illegal when a fetal heartbeat is detectable, establishing a federal prohibition on abortion at that stage of pregnancy.
- HR63: Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".This resolution designates a specific week as National School Choice Week to promote awareness of education alternatives including homeschooling, private schools, charter schools, and education savings accounts.
- HB650: Families’ Rights and Responsibilities ActThis bill establishes parental rights to direct children's upbringing as a fundamental constitutional right, potentially strengthening parents' authority over decisions about education, healthcare, and other aspects of child-rearing.
- HB686: Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2025This bill would make it a federal crime to unlawfully dispose of fetal remains, establishing criminal penalties for the improper handling of remains from abortion or miscarriage.
- SB209: Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill restricts gender-transition medical procedures for minors, treating such interventions as a form of medical malpractice.
- SB207: Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2025This bill would cut federal funding to colleges that provide abortion services or drugs to students and employees through campus health centers or affiliated clinics.
- SB230: Unborn Child Support ActThis bill would require child support to be collected for unborn children through federal child support enforcement programs, effectively treating pregnancy as creating a legal support obligation before birth.
- SB205: Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome ActThis bill would make it a federal crime to perform an abortion specifically because the unborn child has Down syndrome, adding protections against what some call 'discriminatory abortion.'
- SB204: Families’ Rights and Responsibilities ActThis bill establishes parental rights to direct children's upbringing as a fundamental right, directly protecting parental authority in education, health care, and life decisions.
- SB6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActThis bill requires healthcare practitioners to provide proper care to infants born alive after an abortion attempt, making it a federal crime to fail to do so.
- HB632: Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2025This bill would prohibit federal funding to colleges and universities that provide abortion services or drugs to students or employees through affiliated student health centers.
- HB599: Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care ActThis bill would cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. The measure aims to redirect taxpayer dollars away from an organization that performs and promotes abortion.
- HB629: Ending Chemical Abortions Act of 2025This bill would prohibit chemical abortions (medication abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol) at the federal level by amending the U.S. Criminal Code. It directly restricts abortion access through federal law enforcement.
- HB627: Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025This bill requires more comprehensive reporting of abortion data to federal health agencies by improving data collection and reporting requirements under Medicaid and public health law.
- HB636: Pregnancy Resource Center Defense ActThis bill amends federal law to strengthen legal protections and penalties against attacks on pregnancy resource centers and religious facilities, treating violence or threats against these centers similarly to crimes against places of worship.
- HB7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025This bill prohibits the use of federal taxpayer funds to pay for abortions or to subsidize health insurance plans that cover abortion services.
- SB178: Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2025This bill requires states to improve abortion data reporting to the CDC, primarily affecting how abortion information is collected and tracked through Medicare and public health systems.
- SB177: Protect Funding for Women's Health Care ActThis bill would cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. While framed as 'women's health,' the primary effect is reducing public money flowing to an organization that performs abortions.
- SR30: A resolution honoring Mississippi's Gestational Age Act.This is a resolution praising Mississippi's Gestational Age Act, which restricts abortion based on how far along a pregnancy is. While it's not legislation itself, it celebrates a law that directly affects the sanctity of life and abortion policy that matters to many Christian families.
- SB186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025This bill prohibits the use of federal taxpayer funds to pay for abortions or abortion-related services.
- HB570: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the child tax credit with respect to stillbirths.This bill would extend the federal child tax credit to cover stillborn children, recognizing them as dependents for tax purposes.
- SB152: Student Empowerment ActThis bill expands 529 education savings accounts to cover K-12 expenses, not just college, making it easier for families to save and pay for private school, homeschooling, and other educational options with tax-advantaged dollars.
- SB125: End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers ActThis bill would prohibit federal taxpayer funding from going to organizations that perform abortions, provide abortion referrals, or fund abortion services.
- HR47: Concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women's sports.This bill addresses NCAA eligibility policies for women's sports, which likely relates to participation by transgender or gender-nonconforming athletes. Though it doesn't explicitly mandate outcomes, it concerns rules that affect who competes in women's athletic categories.
- HB343: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition ActThis bill would bar federal Title X family planning grants from going to organizations that perform abortions, effectively defunding Planned Parenthood and similar abortion providers.
- HCR3: Expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.This resolution expresses support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an international agreement that prioritizes women's health, family strengthening, and opposes abortion and abortion-related language in global health initiatives.
- HB370: Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act of 2025This bill would withhold federal funding from school districts that block student-led, voluntary prayer and would protect constitutional free exercise of religion in schools.
- HB353: Family First ActThis bill amends federal tax law to expand the child tax credit and related family tax benefits. While not directly addressing family structure or definition, it affects the financial treatment of families by the federal government.
- SB73: EMPSA Eliminating the Marriage Penalty in SSI ActThis bill prevents Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities from being reduced when they marry. Currently, marriage can trigger a dramatic loss of benefits, creating a disincentive for disabled individuals to form families.
- SCR4: A concurrent resolution expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.This resolution calls for the U.S. to rejoin the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an international agreement that affirms the centrality of the family, women's health protections, and opposition to abortion and euthanasia.
- SR22: A resolution concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women's sports.This resolution addresses NCAA policies governing who can compete in women's collegiate sports, which relates to transgender athlete eligibility and sex-designated sports categories.
- HB320: Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025This bill eliminates the 'marriage penalty' in federal income tax brackets, which typically occurs when married couples filing jointly face a higher tax burden than they would as single filers. The change would make the tax code more favorable to married couples.
- HB272: Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2025This bill prohibits federal funding to organizations (including hospitals, research institutions, and nonprofits) unless they certify they will not perform abortions or fund other entities that do. It directly restricts abortion access and funding across federally-supported healthcare and research.
- HB271: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025This bill would prohibit federal funding from going to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider. It directly advances the sanctity of life by redirecting public funds away from an organization that performs and promotes abortion.
- HB215: Adoption Information ActThis bill requires family planning service projects that receive federal funding to provide pamphlets with adoption center contact information to their clients.
- HB137: TCJA Permanency ActThis bill would make permanent certain tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that affect families and small businesses, including potentially child tax credits, dependent deductions, and standard deduction amounts that Christian families rely on.
- HB83: Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice ActThis bill allows federal funds for disadvantaged students to follow them to their choice of public school, charter school, accredited private school, or tutoring programs, giving families more education options. It also aims to reduce Common Core standards influence.
- HB49: No Pro-Abortion Task Force ActThis bill blocks federal funding for a Department of Health and Human Services task force focused on abortion access and reproductive healthcare, preventing use of taxpayer money to promote abortion.
- HR5: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.This bill adopts House rules for the 119th Congress, which includes procedural frameworks that could affect how education and family-related legislation is debated, amended, and passed.
- HJR6: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government.This proposal would amend the Constitution to require the federal government to balance its budget each year, which could significantly reduce federal spending on education programs, school choice initiatives, and support for families.
- HB48: Ultrasound Informed Consent ActThis federal bill would require women to receive an ultrasound and review it before obtaining an abortion, as part of informed consent requirements under the Public Health Service Act.
- HB73: Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025This bill removes the federal tax deduction for abortion expenses, treating abortion differently from other medical procedures for tax purposes.
- HB25: FairTax Act of 2025This bill would replace federal income tax with a national sales tax and abolish the IRS. It would affect Christian families' tax obligations and potentially change tax benefits like charitable deductions and education-related credits.
- HB78: Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2025This bill amends federal criminal law to prohibit certain abortion procedures, directly addressing protections for unborn life at the federal level.
Passed one chamber (21)
- SB0001: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025.Tennessee's Education Freedom Act of 2025 creates education savings accounts or similar mechanisms that allow families to use public education funds for alternative schooling options, including homeschooling.
- HB7757: SCREEN Act Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net Act Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitative BOTs Act SAFE BOTs Act Kids Online Safety Act Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Act SPY Kids Act Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act Safe Social Media Act No Fentanyl on Social Media Act Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act AWARE ActThis bill addresses online safety for children and teens through various mechanisms including parental notification, transparency requirements, and protections against predatory practices on social media and internet platforms. It aims to empower parents with tools and information to oversee their children's online activity.
- SB162: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025This bill modifies federal foster and adoption programs to improve recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive parents by allowing better use of data and recruitment strategies. The changes could affect faith-based agencies' ability to recruit and serve Christian families in foster care and adoption.
- HB8646: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027This appropriations bill funds the FDA and related agencies for fiscal year 2027. It could indirectly affect families through FDA policies on vaccines, medical treatments, and food/drug regulations that may impact parental medical decision-making and conscience protections.
- HB2616: Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids ActThis bill requires public schools receiving federal education funding to get parents' written consent before schools change a student's gender markers, pronouns, or name on school records, or make sex-based accommodations like locker room assignments based on gender identity.
- HB7432: Fostering the Future ActThis bill improves coordination between federal foster care programs and housing assistance for youth aging out of foster care, helping ensure stable housing as they transition to adulthood.
- HB6392: Home School Graduation Recognition ActThis bill amends federal higher education law to officially recognize students who complete home school secondary education as high school graduates, ensuring they are treated the same as traditional school graduates for college and federal education purposes.
- HB6945: Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families ActThis bill clarifies that states can use federal welfare funds to support pregnancy centers alongside traditional family planning programs. It affects how federal dollars flow to organizations serving pregnant women and families.
- HB2044: Addressing unexcused student absences.HB2044 addresses unexcused student absences, which typically involves strengthening attendance enforcement mechanisms in public schools. While the bill focuses on public school attendance, compulsory attendance laws can affect homeschooling families because they define what educational alternatives (including homeschooling) satisfy the state's attendance requirements.
- HB498: Do No Harm in Medicaid ActThis bill would prevent Medicaid from paying for gender transition procedures on minors by amending the federal Medicaid program. It directly restricts medical gender transition for children using federal health insurance funding.
- HB3492: Protect Children’s Innocence ActThis bill would amend federal criminal law to prohibit genital mutilation, bodily mutilation, and chemical castration of minors, creating federal crimes for these acts and those who facilitate them.
- HB1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance ActThis bill amends federal drug and cosmetic law to streamline pediatric cancer drug investigations and approvals, potentially affecting how experimental treatments are evaluated and made available to families with sick children.
- HB5078: Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience Act PILLAR ActThis bill reauthorizes federal cybersecurity grants to help states and local agencies protect their digital infrastructure from cyberattacks. While not education-focused, it could indirectly affect schools by improving their cybersecurity defenses and data protection.
- HB3838: Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation Act of 2025 Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 SAFE Research ActThis is a broad Defense Department authorization bill covering military spending, personnel, and operations. It includes provisions on research security, anti-CBDC measures, and Coast Guard operations, but does not directly address education, family, or religious freedom issues.
- HB4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026This is an appropriations bill for energy and water agencies in fiscal 2026. While not directly about education or family issues, broad appropriations bills sometimes contain riders or provisions that could affect funding for schools, colleges, or religious institutions.
- HB2216: Relating to procedures and grounds related to the removal and placement of children, including for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.This bill modifies Texas procedures for child removal, placement, and termination of parental rights in cases involving governmental entities (primarily child protective services).
- HB141: Relating to the adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by the State of Texas; making conforming changes.This bill updates Texas's adoption of the revised Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, which governs how states coordinate on child placement in foster care and adoption cases across state lines.
- HB213: Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students.This bill requires schools to identify and track chronically absent students as at-risk for dropout, and mandates data collection and reporting on these students.
- SJR12: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education.This constitutional amendment proposes to establish a parent's explicit right to direct their child's education, which would strengthen the legal foundation for parental choice including homeschooling.
- HB579: Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025This bill amends federal foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention programs under the Social Security Act, potentially affecting how states use data and incentives to recruit families into foster and adoption systems.
- HB21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActThis bill requires healthcare providers to give proper medical care to infants who survive abortion attempts, with criminal penalties for practitioners who fail to do so.
Became law (11)
- HB6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing ActThis housing bill could indirectly affect families by influencing zoning laws, land-use regulations, and community development policies that may impact where Christian families can live, homeschool, or establish faith-based communities and organizations.
- SB2206: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to the federal tax credit for contributions made to certain scholarship granting organizations.Tennessee's Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act allows state taxpayers to receive federal tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations that provide educational assistance to students. This program can fund private school tuition and education expenses, which may be used by homeschooling families as an alternative educational option.
- HB2187: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to the federal tax credit for contributions made to certain scholarship granting organizations.This bill establishes a federal tax credit scholarship program in Tennessee, allowing taxpayers to receive federal tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations that provide educational assistance to students.
- SB6346: Establishing a tax on millionaires.SB 6346 establishes a tax on high earners in Washington state. This could affect homeschooling families if any revenue is dedicated to education funding or if the tax changes the overall state budget available for education programs.
- HB7148: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2026 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2026 Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2026 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2026This omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 2026 includes funding for the Department of Education and related agencies, which could affect education funding streams, grant programs, and regulatory priorities that impact school choice options, homeschooling oversight, and religious school access to federal resources.
- HB6938: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Science Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026This is a consolidated appropriations bill funding multiple federal agencies for fiscal year 2026, including the Department of Justice, Commerce, and Interior. While primarily about budgets, such bills often contain riders and provisions that can affect education policy, religious liberty enforcement, and family-related regulations.
- HB3041: Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs.This bill expands eligibility for college enrollment and financial aid at public universities in Texas to students who completed nontraditional secondary education (which includes homeschooled students), rather than requiring a traditional diploma or GED.
- SB12: Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.SB12 regulates public school curriculum, instruction on diversity/equity/inclusion, social transitioning policies, and student clubs—primarily affecting public schools but may indirectly shape the educational landscape and parental rights discourse that could influence homeschool families' decisions and regulatory environment.
- HB2081: Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.This bill modifies Washington's business and occupation (B&O) tax structure, including surcharges and rates that could affect the funding mechanisms available for education-related tax benefits or credits that homeschooling families might access.
- SB6001: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025.Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarship Act creates a scholarship program that allows individuals and businesses to receive tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations. Homeschooling families may be eligible to use these scholarships for education expenses, depending on program rules.
- HB6004: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025.This bill establishes Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which provides tax credits and scholarships that help families pay for education options including private schools and homeschooling services.
Failed (4)
- HJR0092: A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to parental rights.This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to explicitly protect parents' inherent right to direct their child's education and prohibit the state from interfering with parents' ability to provide home-based education.
- HB2247: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.This bill imposes requirements on private schools that accept students using education savings accounts, individualized education accounts, or education freedom scholarships, including website transparency, teacher licensing, standardized assessments, and letter grades.
- HB1109: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26, relative to background checks.This bill requires private schools that accept students using Tennessee's education freedom scholarships, individualized education accounts, or education savings accounts to conduct background checks on teachers and staff with child contact. Homeschoolers who use these scholarship or savings account programs may be affected if they operate as private schools or umbrella schools enrolling other scholarship recipients.
- HB0552: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55, relative to the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act.This bill creates a new category of independent home schools in Tennessee that would be exempt from data collection, reporting, and assessment requirements, and would exempt those students and parents from compulsory school attendance laws.