Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

April 29, 2025

Action

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Luján, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Bill Number

S. 1503

Bill Version

Introduced in Senate (IS)

Short Title

Equality Act

Full Title

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

Sponsors

Jeff Merkley(OR)

Cosponsors

Tammy Baldwin (WI); Cory A. Booker (NJ); Angela D. Alsobrooks (MD); Michael F. Bennet (CO); Richard Blumenthal (CT); Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE); Maria Cantwell (WA); Christopher A. Coons (DE); Catherine Cortez Masto (NV); Tammy Duckworth (IL); Richard J. Durbin (IL); John Fetterman (PA); Ruben Gallego (AZ); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY); Margaret Wood Hassan (NH); Martin Heinrich (NM); John W. Hickenlooper (CO); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Tim Kaine (VA); Mark Kelly (AZ); Andy Kim (NJ); Angus S. King Jr. (ME); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Ben Ray Lujan (NM); Edward J. Markey (MA); Christopher Murphy (CT); Patty Murray (WA); Jon Ossoff (GA); Alex Padilla (CA); Gary C. Peters (MI); Jack Reed (RI); Jacky Rosen (NV); Bernard Sanders (VT); Brian Schatz (HI); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Jeanne Shaheen (NH); Elissa Slotkin (MI); Tina Smith (MN); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Mark R. Warner (VA); Raphael G. Warnock (GA); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Peter Welch (VT); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Ron Wyden (OR)

Committees

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, 3604, 3605, 3606, 3608 and 3631