Child Care for Working Families Act
Reintroduced in every Congress since 2017 without a committee markup.
- BillS. 1354
- Congress118th Congress, 2023 to 2025
- SponsorPatty Murray (Democrat, WA)
- IntroducedApril 27, 2023
- Cause of deathDied in committee
- Died inthe Senate
- Companion billH.R. 2976 (Rep. Bobby Scott)
What it would have done
Capped child care costs at 7% of income for most families and funded more child care slots and higher pay for child care workers.
The path to law
The bill was referred to committee and the chair never scheduled a markup. No member of Congress had to vote on it. This is how most bills die, and it leaves no fingerprints.
Other lives of this bill
119th CongressS. 2295 / H.R. 4418. Reintroduced in July 2025; in committee.
The record
Last verified November 10, 2026.