A resolution designating the week beginning September 8, 2024, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week".
This resolution designates the week beginning September 8, 2024, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week" in the U.S. Senate. It directly recognizes direct support professionals - such as personal assistants and in-home support workers - who provide essential daily care and community support for people with disabilities. The resolution highlights their critical role in enabling community inclusion and independence, though it does not create new policies or funding. As a symbolic gesture, it aims to honor their contributions without altering existing laws or addressing workforce challenges like low wages.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Sep 2024
House Passage
President
Introduced Sep 16, 2024
Last action Sep 16, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Amendments
1
Sep 16, 2024
Introduced
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6068; text: CR S6054)
upper
Sep 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Sep 16, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
Co
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Susan M. Collins
RRepublican
Co
Tim Kaine
DDemocratic
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