U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Summer Lee (D-Pa.) introduced the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act, bicameral legislation to help schools in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and nationwide transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community.
Introduce and support legislation to help schools transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community.
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Evidence
GovInfo records that Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced S. 4258, the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act of 2026, and referred it to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Heinrich’s Senate office said he and Rep. Summer Lee introduced the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act to help schools transform schoolyards into vibrant, nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community use.
GovInfo records that Mr. Heinrich introduced S. 1538, the Living Schoolyards Act of 2023, to authorize grants for outdoor learning spaces and develop living schoolyards.
GovInfo's bill page lists the last recorded action as March 26, 2026: Senator Heinrich introduced S.4258, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Senator Heinrich's official Senate press release announces his (bicameral) introduction and public support for the Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act, describing the bill's goals and Heinrich's leadership in introducing the measure.
GPO's official introduced bill text identifies S. 4258 in the 119th Congress and states that Mr. Heinrich introduced the bill on March 26, 2026; it was read twice and referred to the Senate HELP Committee.
Heinrich's Senate office announced that Heinrich and Rep. Summer Lee introduced the Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act to help schools transform schoolyards into nature-rich spaces for learning, play, and community use.
The bill text would authorize Department of Education grants to revitalize schoolyards, including planning and implementation grants for outdoor school spaces, ecological systems, hands-on learning resources, nature play, and shared public use.
Assessments
The promise was to introduce and support legislation, not to secure enactment. Heinrich introduced S.4258, the Revitalizing America's Schoolyards Act of 2026, and publicly supported it through his Senate office; the bill's substance directly matches the promised schoolyard transformation policy. Because Heinrich is an active Class 1 senator and the action occurred in the 2025-2031 Senate term, this counts as same-term delivery despite the bill remaining in committee.
Sen. Heinrich introduced and publicly led bicameral legislation (S.4258, Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act, introduced March–April 2026) to help schools transform schoolyards and had previously sponsored a similar bill (S.1538 in 2023). The action matches the pledge to introduce and support legislation even though the bills were at committee referral and had not become law; the candidate materially advanced the promised policy via formal sponsorship and public advocacy.
The promised action was to introduce and support legislation, not necessarily to enact the schoolyard transformation program. The evidence shows Heinrich introduced substantively matching federal legislation, including the Living Schoolyards Act of 2023 and the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act of 2026, and publicly supported it in his Senate capacity. Because the documented action occurred after the campaign/initial term context reflected in the evidence, timing is later_term.