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A 2689 — Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act

Congress · introduced 2025-01-22

Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.

Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · assembly — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. · assembly — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

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Inbound (37)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-01-22Tommy Schiavonicosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Linda Rosenthalcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Anna Kellescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Sarahana Shresthacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Jo Anne Simoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Jordan Wrightcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Dana Levenbergcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Ron Kimcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Didi Barrettcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Tony Simonecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Marcela Mitaynescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Yudelka Tapiacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Philip Ramoscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Noah Burroughscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Steven Otiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Diana Morenocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22MaryJane Shimskycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Chris Burdickcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Grace Leecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Gabriella Romerocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Robert C. Carrollcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Emily Gallaghercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Nader Sayeghcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Karines Reyescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Maritza Davilacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22George Alvarezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Andrew Hevesicosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Catalina Cruzsponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Demond Meekscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Landon C. Daiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Jen Lunsfordcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Claire Valdezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Harvey Epsteincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-22Steven Ragacosponsor_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
1Catalina Cruz (—, state_lower NY-39)sponsor0—5
2Andrew Hevesi (—, state_lower NY-28)cosponsor0—1
3Anna Kelles (—, state_lower NY-125)cosponsor0—1
4Chris Burdick (—, state_lower NY-93)cosponsor0—1
5Claire Valdez (—, state_lower NY-37)cosponsor0—1
6Dana Levenberg (—, state_lower NY-95)cosponsor0—1
7Demond Meeks (—, state_lower NY-137)cosponsor0—1
8Diana Moreno (—, state_lower NY-36)cosponsor0—1
9Didi Barrett (—, state_lower NY-106)cosponsor0—1
10Emily Gallagher (—, state_lower NY-50)cosponsor0—1
11Gabriella Romero (—, state_lower NY-109)cosponsor0—1
12George Alvarez (—, state_lower NY-78)cosponsor0—1
13Grace Lee (—, state_lower NY-65)cosponsor0—1
14Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74)cosponsor0—1
15Jen Lunsford (—, state_lower NY-135)cosponsor0—1
16Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (—, state_lower NY-34)cosponsor0—1
17Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52)cosponsor0—1
18Jordan Wright (—, state_lower NY-70)cosponsor0—1
19Karines Reyes (—, state_lower NY-87)cosponsor0—1
20Landon C. Dais (—, state_lower NY-77)cosponsor0—1
21Linda Rosenthal (—, state_lower NY-67)cosponsor0—1
22Marcela Mitaynes (—, state_lower NY-51)cosponsor0—1
23Maritza Davila (—, state_lower NY-53)cosponsor0—1
24MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92)cosponsor0—1
25Nader Sayegh (—, state_lower NY-90)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. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Noah Burroughs (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Steven Otis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Diana Moreno (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Anna Kelles (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Rebecca Seawright (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Demond Meeks (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Jen Lunsford (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Tony Simone (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Linda Rosenthal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Tommy Schiavoni (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Yudelka Tapia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Landon C. Dais (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Chris Burdick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Robert C. Carroll (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Phara Souffrant Forrest (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Marcela Mitaynes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Grace Lee (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Didi Barrett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Philip Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Maritza Davila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Jordan Wright (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  25. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Dana Levenberg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  26. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Gabriella Romero (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  27. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  28. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Ron Kim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  29. 2025-01-22 · sponsored by Catalina Cruz (sponsor) · sponsorship
  30. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by George Alvarez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  31. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Nader Sayegh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  32. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  33. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Claire Valdez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  34. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  35. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  36. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Karines Reyes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  37. 2025-01-22 · cosponsored by Sarahana Shrestha (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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