Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

April 29, 2025

Action

Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Correa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Gillen, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Gray, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Harder of California, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Perez, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pou, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Vindman, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Bill Number

H.R. 15

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Equality Act

Full Title

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Mark Takano(CA)

Cosponsors

Alma S. Adams (NC); Pete Aguilar (CA); Gabe Amo (RI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Jake Auchincloss (MA); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Ami Bera (CA); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Janelle S. Bynum (OR); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Troy A. Carter (LA); Greg Casar (TX); Ed Case (HI); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Joaquin Castro (TX); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Judy Chu (CA); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (CA); Katherine M. Clark (MA); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); James E. Clyburn (SC); Steve Cohen (TN); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (NJ); Gerald E. Connolly (VA); J. Luis Correa (CA); Jim Costa (CA); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Jason Crow (CO); Sharice Davids (KS); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Veronica Escobar (TX); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Dwight Evans (PA); Cleo Fields (LA); Shomari Figures (AL); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Laura Friedman (CA); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Laura Gillen (NY); Jared F. Golden (ME); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Vicente Gonzalez (TX); Maggie Goodlander (NH); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Adam Gray (CA); Al Green (TX); Josh Harder (CA); Jahana Hayes (CT); James A. Himes (CT); Steven Horsford (NV); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Jared Huffman (CA); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Sara Jacobs (CA); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Hakeem S. Jeffries (NY); Julie Johnson (TX); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Marcy Kaptur (OH); William R. Keating (MA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); George Latimer (NY); Summer L. Lee (PA); Susie Lee (NV); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Mike Levin (CA); Sam T. Liccardo (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Lucy McBath (GA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); Morgan McGarvey (KY); James P. McGovern (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Robert Menendez (NJ); Grace Meng (NY); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Dave Min (CA); Gwen Moore (WI); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Kelly Morrison (MN); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Seth Moulton (MA); Frank J. Mrvan (IN); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Richard E. Neal (MA); Joe Neguse (CO); Donald Norcross (NJ); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Ilhan Omar (MN); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Chris Pappas (NH); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Chellie Pingree (ME); Stacey E. Plaskett (VI); Mark Pocan (WI); Nellie Pou (NJ); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Jamie Raskin (MD); Josh Riley (NY); Luz M. Rivas (CA); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Raul Ruiz (CA); Patrick Ryan (NY); Andrea Salinas (OR); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Kim Schrier (WA); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); David Scott (GA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Brad Sherman (CA); Mikie Sherrill (NJ); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Eric Sorensen (IL); Darren Soto (FL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Eric Swalwell (CA); Emilia Strong Sykes (OH); Shri Thanedar (MI); Mike Thompson (CA); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Ritchie Torres (NY); Norma J. Torres (CA); Lori Trahan (MA); Derek Tran (CA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Gabe Vasquez (NM); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Eugene Simon Vindman (VA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Maxine Waters (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); George Whitesides (CA); Nikema Williams (GA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL)

Committees

Committee on Financial Services (Standing), Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on House Administration (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 1301 and 1311
15 U.S.C. 1691, 1691a, 1691d and 1691e
42 U.S.C. 1311, 1983, 1985, 2000a, 2000a-1, 2000b, 2000bb, 2000c, 2000c-6, 2000c-9, 2000d, 2000e, 2000e-16, 2000e-16a, 2000e-2, 2000e-3, 2000h, 2000h-2, 2000h-5, 2000h-6, 3601, 3602 and 3631