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DemocratBill · H.R. 5124· House(119-HR-5124)

River’s Law

Rep. Torres
Age: 38 years
New York
Introduced
9/3/2025
Last activity
9/3/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sponsored by
Ritchie Torres
Cosponsors
Democrat - 2Republican - 0
Families
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called "River's Law". It proposes to change the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to add new safety requirements for child care providers. Specifically, it would ban pools at these facilities and require the installation of door and window alarms.

Yes· 3 of 6

  • Would children be better off under this?+9

    Significantly enhances child safety by prohibiting pools and requiring alarms at child care facilities.

  • Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?+5

    Increases safety standards for families utilizing child care services.

  • Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+4

    Provides safer child care environments for low-income families utilizing block grant-funded services.

The opposite· 3 of 4

  • Would business owners be better off under this?-3

    Creates new compliance costs and facility restrictions for child care business owners.

  • Does this make it easier to run a small business?-2

    Imposes new equipment and facility mandates on child care providers which may increase operational costs.

  • Does this leave more decisions to the states?-2

    Imposes federal safety mandates on facilities that may be primarily regulated at the state level.