119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 9, 2026
Open Books, Open Doors Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Mar 9, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Education
No official summary has been published for this bill.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Actions from Congress.gov, newest first.
LD-2 reports whose issue descriptions explicitly cite this bill (bill type and number validated against Congress.gov records). A citation does not establish the client's position or any contact with a member.
Loading lobbying reportsCoverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 23, 2026.
4 citations.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PENN HILL GROUP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ks H.R.10031/S.4689, READ Act, Entirety Information literacy H.R.10031, Read Act, Entirety Monitor the following: Graduate and professional student loan limits S.4028, Open Books, Open Doors Act, Book bans, access to books Department of Defense, Book bans; Literacy; E-Rate program Advancing Research in Education Act (AREA),…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PENN HILL GROUP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…partment of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations", Entirety Monitor the following: S.4028, Open Books, Open Doors Act, Book bans, access to books Department of Defense, Book bans; Literacy; E-Rate program Advancing Research in Education Act (AREA),…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PENN HILL GROUP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ry facilities, and Library resources Graduate and professional student loan limits H.R.7661, Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, Book bans, access to books S.4028: Open Books, Open Doors Act, Book bans, access to books Artificial Intelligence Monitor the following: Department of Defense, Book bans; Literacy; E-Rate progr…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PEN AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PEN AMERICA
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ldren Act H.R.7247, Prison Libraries Act of 2026 H.R.7691, Fight Book Bans Act H.R.7327, Empowering Young Readers Act of 2026 H.R.7281, Justice for Shireen Act S.4028, Open Books, Open Doors Act Issues related to censorship at Department of Defense run schools Issues related to book bans at military service academies Issues…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing