House Committee Reviews John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act to Ban LGBTQ Discrimination in Foster Care
This bill is currently sitting in the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees. It has not moved since November 2025, which is a period of seven months. The bill is stalled because the committees have not taken any action to advance it.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Angie Craig discusses the reintroduction of the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, or marital status in federally funded child welfare programs and prohibit funds for conversion therapy.
The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would penalize adoption agencies receiving government funding if they deny prospective parents based on sexual orientation or marital status. Critics argue the bill is an assault on traditional family values and religious liberty.
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John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
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