HR 4840 — CREATE Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-08-01
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
- Chu, Judy (D, CA-28) — sponsor · 2025-08-01
- Friedman, Laura (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. | DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. | — | H.R. 4840 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES | INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES | — | H.R. 4840 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-08-01 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Friedman, Laura | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 4840 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 4840 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-08-01 | Chu, Judy | 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 | Chu, Judy (D, house CA-28) | sponsor | 2 | — | 7 |
| 2 | Friedman, Laura (D, house CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 18 | $5,055 | $5,055 |
| 3 | quinn emanuel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | na | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | lihui lo | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 6 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $2,310 | $2,310 |
| 7 | yitong investment inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 8 | iw group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 9 | rossi roma | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 10 | self | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 11 | spacelink usa inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,750 | $1,750 |
| 12 | the pines resort bass lake.com | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | chen's chinese medicine | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| 14 | kabafusion | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | hospitality fx | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | san gabriel valley water company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $750 | $750 |
| 17 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 18 | epic level | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | strategic law partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | ladbs | 0 | $0 | 1 | $350 | $350 |
| 21 | ccsf | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 22 | disney | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 23 | southern california edison | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 24 | g & j productions | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 25 | eisner healthcare | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
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.
2 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 261 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
2 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Chu, Judy (D · house · CA-28) · sponsor
- Friedman, Laura (D · house · CA-30) · cosponsor
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.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Friedman, Laura (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. (h.r. 4840) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES (h.r. 4840) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-08-01 · sponsored by Chu, Judy (sponsor) · sponsorship