S 8584 — Requires that two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards be available to certain households receiving special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) benefits
Congress · introduced 2025-11-17
Requires that any electronic benefit transfer services for special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) benefits shall ensure that two electronic benefit transfer credit or debit cards are issued for use by any recipient household where such additional household member is either a parent, guardian or caretaker of the covered infant or a spouse, domestic partner or parent of the covered mother.
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Roxanne J. Persaud (—, NY-19) — sponsor · 2025-11-17
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2025-11-17
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — cosponsor · 2025-11-17
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
- · senate — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Text versions
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | James Skoufis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-11-17 | Sam Sutton | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-11-17 | Roxanne J. Persaud | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roxanne J. Persaud (—, state_upper NY-19) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-11-17 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-11-17 · sponsored by Roxanne J. Persaud (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-11-17 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship