S 9125 — Enacts the "licensure incentives and fee-support for testing (LIFT) act"
Congress · introduced 2026-02-05
Enacts the "licensure incentives and fee-support for testing (LIFT) act"; establishes the social work licensure examination voucher program to provide low-income individuals vouchers to cover the cost of the examination required for licensure as a licensed master social worker or licensed clinical social worker.
Latest action: 2026-02-05 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — sponsor · 2026-02-05
- Stephen T. Chan (—, NY-17) — cosponsor · 2026-02-05
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2026-02-05
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-05
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — cosponsor · 2026-02-05
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2026-02-05
Action timeline
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | Stephen T. Chan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-05 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-05 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-05 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-05 | Lea Webb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-02-05 | Sam Sutton | 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 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Stephen T. Chan (—, state_upper NY-17) | 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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- 2026-02-05 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-05 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-05 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-05 · sponsored by Sam Sutton (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-05 · cosponsored by Stephen T. Chan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-02-05 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship