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2025-12-04T17:07:13Z
Senate
S
S
2023-06-21
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/5
- ssju00
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Standing
  - Referred To
2023-06-21T16:28:10Z

- Customer Non-Discrimination Act
118
4393
HR
2023-06-27
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2023
118
4439
HR
2023-06-30
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  - Related bill
CRS

- Equality Act
118
15
HR
2023-06-21
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2023-06-21
  - ssju00
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
IntroReferral
- 2023-06-21
Introduced in Senate
IntroReferral
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WI
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NJ
2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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Blumenthal
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CT
2023-06-21
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OH
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True
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2023-06-21
True
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Carper
D
DE
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2023-06-21
True
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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NY
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2023-06-21
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NH
2023-06-21
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NM
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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AZ
2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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NM
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2023-06-21
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D
MA
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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CT
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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NH
2023-06-21
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I
AZ
2023-06-21
True
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Smith
D
MN
2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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D
MD
2023-06-21
True
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D
VA
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2023-06-21
True
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2023-06-21
True
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MA
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2023-06-21
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VT
2023-06-21
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2023-06-21
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CA
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Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil actions and liability
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Consumer credit
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Due process and equal protection
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Elementary and secondary education
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Higher education
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Housing discrimination
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Judicial procedure and administration
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Religion
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Retail and wholesale trades
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
- Sports and recreation facilities
2023-06-27T15:00:34Z
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
2023-06-26T18:01:43Z
00
2023-06-21
Introduced in Senate
2023-10-20T15:02:28Z
Equality Act
This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity with respect to businesses, employment, housing, federally funded programs, and other settings.
Specifically, the bill expands Title II and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit public accommodations and federally funded programs, respectively, from discriminating based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It also includes stores, transit services, recreational facilities, and establishments that provide health care, accounting, or legal services as public accommodations under Title II.
The bill also expands Title IV (desegregation of public schools) and Title VII (employment discrimination) to specifically include sexual orientation and gender identity. (The Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII's prohibition of employment discrimination based on sex also prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.)
The bill similarly expands the Fair Housing Act (discrimination in public and private housing) to include sexual orientation and gender identity. It also prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity by creditors and with respect to jury selection.
The bill defines sex for purposes of the aforementioned provisions to include sex stereotypes, pregnancy, childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.

Equality Act
- Display Title
45

Equality Act
2024-07-24T15:21:49Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Equality Act
2024-05-24T13:39:15Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
6

A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
2023-06-23T02:58:50Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2023-06-21T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s5is/xml/BILLS-118s5is.xml
2023-06-21
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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