S 8501 — Allows school districts to opt out of observing any state-designated cultural or religious holiday
Congress · introduced 2025-09-10
Allows school districts to opt out of observing any state-designated cultural or religious holiday when less than ten percent of the school population observes such state-designated cultural or religious holiday.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Text versions
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | Pamela Helming | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-10 | Robert Ortt | 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 | Robert Ortt (—, state_upper NY-62) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Pamela Helming (—, state_upper NY-54) | 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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- 2025-09-10 · sponsored by Robert Ortt (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-10 · cosponsored by Pamela Helming (cosponsor) · sponsorship