HR 8859 — Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-05-15
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsors
- Pettersen, Brittany (D, CO-7) — sponsor · 2026-05-15
- Hayes, Jahana (D, CT-5) — cosponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2026-05-15 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Hayes, Jahana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-05-15 | Pettersen, Brittany | 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 | Pettersen, Brittany (D, house CO-7) | sponsor | 3 | — | 8 |
| 2 | Hayes, Jahana (D, house CT-5) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
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 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 69 | $10,269 | $10,269 |
| 2 | gfp real estate | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 3 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 4 | gowest credit union association | 0 | $0 | 3 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 5 | aiello communications | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 6 | sewald hanfling | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 7 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 10 | $940 | $940 |
| 8 | elevations credit union | 0 | $0 | 2 | $750 | $750 |
| 9 | canvas credit union | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 10 | colorado bankers association | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 11 | credit union of colorado | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 12 | murray law llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 13 | retired | 0 | $0 | 4 | $200 | $200 |
| 14 | greve foundation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 15 | interpublic group- um | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 16 | westerngeco | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 17 | newell company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 18 | kogovsek & associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 19 | pediatrix | 0 | $0 | 1 | $50 | $50 |
| 20 | centurylink | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 21 | h. p. kopplemann inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 22 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 23 | family medicine center at asylum hill | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 24 | weneedavacation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 25 | institute for community research | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
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)
- Pettersen, Brittany (D · house · CO-7) · sponsor
- Hayes, Jahana (D · house · CT-5) · 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.
- 2026-05-15 · sponsored by Pettersen, Brittany (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-15 · cosponsored by Hayes, Jahana (cosponsor) · sponsorship