House · Roll call 339 · Dec. 16, 2025

A vote to send H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, back to committee instead of holding a final vote on passage.

Failed208–218 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On Motion to Recommit
Bill
H.R. 4371, Kayla Hamilton Act
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 208 · No 0 · Did not vote 5
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 218 · Did not vote 2

Most Democrats voted Yes (208 of 213).

Most Republicans voted No (218 of 220).

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

A motion to recommit sends a bill back to committee and is usually the minority's last chance to change it; this bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider additional information when deciding where to place unaccompanied alien children in its custody. The motion failed, so the bill was not sent back.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Kayla Hamilton Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider additional information when it makes placement determinations for unaccompanied alien children in its custody.

How each member voted

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