Party Composition
R: 12 (52%)D: 10 (43%)I: 1 (4%)
Members
| Legislator | Party | State | Role | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cassidy | R | LA | Chair | |
| Angela D. Alsobrooks | D | MD | ||
| Tammy Baldwin | D | WI | ||
| Jim Banks | R | IN | ||
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | D | DE | ||
| Susan M. Collins | R | ME | ||
| Margaret Wood Hassan | D | NH | ||
| Josh Hawley | R | MO | ||
| John W. Hickenlooper | D | CO | ||
| Jon Husted | R | OH | ||
| Tim Kaine | D | VA | ||
| Andy Kim | D | NJ | ||
| Edward J. Markey | D | MA | ||
| Roger Marshall | R | KS | ||
| Ashley Moody | R | FL | ||
| Markwayne Mullin | R | OK | ||
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | ||
| Christopher Murphy | D | CT | ||
| Patty Murray | D | WA | ||
| Rand Paul | R | KY | ||
| Bernard Sanders | I | VT | Ranking Member | |
| Tim Scott | R | SC | ||
| Tommy Tuberville | R | AL |
Recent Primary Bills
- S5634-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5265)
- S5676-119SENATEA bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support educational programs in civics and history, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5660-119SENATEA bill to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to implement patient-centered academic counseling services for student survivors of sexual assault and other violence.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5671-119SENATEA bill to reauthorize and improve the pilot program to support State medical stockpiles, to ensure that State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments or officials are consulted by the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5665-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish grants for tuition-free community colleges, student success grants, and grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5626-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain grant requirements for certain students with disabilities, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5659-119SENATEA bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES933-119SENATEA resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5636-119SENATEA bill to establish a grant program to support restricting the use of cellular phones and other personal electronic devices at eligible schools during instructional time.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5635-119SENATEA bill to expand arts education, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5646-119SENATEA bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES930-119SENATEA resolution expressing support for the recognition of October 2026, as "World Menopause Awareness Month" and for global awareness and access to care during menopausal transition and post-menopause.Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5657-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5662-119SENATEA bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5620-119SENATEA bill to amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish the UNPLUGGED Schools Grant Program, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5615-119SENATEA bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to protect worker access to employer equity, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5614-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5605-119SENATEA bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that any mandatory predispute or coerced postdispute arbitration clause, class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5574-119SENATEA bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program of distribution of newborn supply kits to mothers of newborn infants, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5573-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that educational programs classified as Theology and Religious Vocations or Philosophy and Religious Studies at educational institutions that qualify for the religious exemption under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 are not subject to ineligibility for title IV assistance based on low earning outcomes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SJRES197-119SENATEA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 456.
- S5568-119SENATEA bill to provide grants to local educational agencies to help public schools reduce class size in the early elementary grades, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5570-119SENATEA bill to establish jobs programs for long-term unemployed workers, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES912-119SENATEA resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES901-119SENATEA resolution recognizing that the United States needs to support and strengthen mothers in the workforce by investing in the Mom Economy.Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5007)
- SRES908-119SENATEA resolution supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 25, 2026, as "National Hazing Awareness Week".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5010)
- SRES910-119SENATEA resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as "Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5011)
- S5564-119SENATEA bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities relating to neglected diseases of poverty.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5559-119SENATEA bill to provide for the basic needs of students at institutions of higher education.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5004)
- S5516-119SENATEA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES899-119SENATEA resolution recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as "National Suicide Prevention Month".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5006)
- SRES906-119SENATEA resolution supporting the designation of the week of August 24 through August 28, 2026, as the fourth annual "National Community Health Worker Awareness Week".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5009)
- S5540-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for teacher and school leader quality enhancement and to enhance institutional aid.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5506-119SENATEA bill to authorize Secretary of Labor to develop a comprehensive Federal Talent Strategy.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5499-119SENATEA bill to amend the 21st Century Cures Act to reauthorize the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, to reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5498-119SENATEA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to the definition of "major food allergen".Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5539-119SENATEA bill to require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5546-119SENATEA bill to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5554-119SENATEA bill to modernize and strengthen Federal efforts to improve ovarian cancer awareness, hereditary cancer risk assessment, access to genetic counseling and testing, and access to specialty care, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- SRES907-119SENATEA resolution supporting the designation of September 2026 as "National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month".Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5009-5010)
- S5549-119SENATEA bill to support educators.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5003-5004)
- S5520-119SENATEA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to establish a national computable-guideline framework for cancer screening recommendations, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5524-119SENATEA bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address the economic and workforce impacts of substance use disorder.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5489-119SENATEA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a scholarship and loan repayment program to incentivize physicians to enter into the field of sickle cell disease research, treatment, and patient care, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5470-119SENATEA bill to prohibit the use of corporal punishment in schools, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5467-119SENATEA bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand the Magnet Schools Assistance Program.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5468-119SENATEA bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5488-119SENATEA bill to establish a program to address sickle cell disease and other heritable hemoglobinopathies.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5451-119SENATEA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be citizens or nationals of the United States.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S5449-119SENATEA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal health and promote safe motherhood.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.