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S 8955 — Enacts the "fair pay for home care act"

Congress · introduced 2026-01-21

Enacts the "fair pay for home care act" relating to minimum wages applicable to home care aides; provides for a minimum wage of 150% of the applicable statewide or regional minimum wage.

Latest action: 2026-01-21 — IN_SENATE_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate — REFERRED TO HEALTH

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Inbound (38)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-01-21John Liucosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Jessica Ramoscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Patrick M. Gallivancosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Steve Rhoadscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21April Baskincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21James Sanders Jr.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Shelley Mayercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21James Tediscocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Andrew Gounardescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Michael Gianariscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21James Skoufiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Michelle Hincheycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Toby Ann Staviskycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Robert Jacksoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Peter Oberackercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Zellnor Myriecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Brian Kavanaghcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Gustavo Riveracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Kevin S. Parkercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Sam Suttoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Pete Harckhamcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Pamela Helmingcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Rachel Maycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Cordell Clearesponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Julia Salazarcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Leroy Comriecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Anthony H. Palumbocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Jamaal Baileycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21José M. Serranocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Samra Broukcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Jabari Brisportcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Jeremy Cooneycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Lea Webbcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-01-21Alexis Weikcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30)sponsor0—5
2Alexis Weik (—, state_upper NY-8)cosponsor0—1
3Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26)cosponsor0—1
4Anthony H. Palumbo (—, state_upper NY-1)cosponsor0—1
5April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63)cosponsor0—1
6Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27)cosponsor0—1
7Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33)cosponsor0—1
8Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25)cosponsor0—1
9Jamaal Bailey (—, state_upper NY-36)cosponsor0—1
10James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10)cosponsor0—1
11James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42)cosponsor0—1
12James Tedisco (—, state_upper NY-44)cosponsor0—1
13Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56)cosponsor0—1
14Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13)cosponsor0—1
15John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16)cosponsor0—1
16Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (—, state_upper NY-15)cosponsor0—1
17José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29)cosponsor0—1
18Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18)cosponsor0—1
19Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21)cosponsor0—1
20Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59)cosponsor0—1
21Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52)cosponsor0—1
22Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14)cosponsor0—1
23Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32)cosponsor0—1
24Michael Gianaris (—, state_upper NY-12)cosponsor0—1
25Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41)cosponsor0—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

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Kevin S. Parker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Michael Gianaris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Jamaal Bailey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by James Tedisco (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Anthony H. Palumbo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Toby Ann Stavisky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Pamela Helming (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Peter Oberacker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  25. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Alexis Weik (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  26. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  27. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Steve Rhoads (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  28. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  29. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  30. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by April Baskin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  31. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  32. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  33. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  34. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  35. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  36. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  37. 2026-01-21 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  38. 2026-01-21 · sponsored by Cordell Cleare (sponsor) · sponsorship

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