United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee 218 D cosponsors

HR 15 — Equality Act

Last action — 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.

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    Introduced
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 218 sponsors

    1 primary, 217 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (218 D).

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Summary

Equality ActThis 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 217 co-sponsors · 329 not signed on

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Not signed on (329)

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Subjects

housing civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 15 do?
Equality ActThis 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.
Who sponsors HR 15?
HR 15 is sponsored by Takano, Mark (Democratic), Adams, Alma S. (Democratic), Aguilar, Pete (Democratic), Amo, Gabe (Democratic), Ansari, Yassamin (Democratic), Auchincloss, Jake (Democratic), Balint, Becca (Democratic), Barragán, Nanette Diaz (Democratic), Beatty, Joyce (Democratic), Bell, Wesley (Democratic), Bera, Ami (Democratic), Beyer, Donald S. (Democratic), Bishop, Sanford D. (Democratic), Bonamici, Suzanne (Democratic), Boyle, Brendan F. (Democratic), Brown, Shontel M. (Democratic), Brownley, Julia (Democratic), Budzinski, Nikki (Democratic), Bynum, Janelle S. (Democratic), Carbajal, Salud O. (Democratic), Carson, André (Democratic), Carter, Troy A. (Democratic), Casar, Greg (Democratic), Case, Ed (Democratic), Casten, Sean (Democratic), Castor, Kathy (Democratic), Castro, Joaquin (Democratic), Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (Democratic), Chu, Judy (Democratic), Cisneros, Gilbert Ray (Democratic), Clark, Katherine M. (Democratic), Clarke, Yvette D. (Democratic), Cleaver, Emanuel (Democratic), Clyburn, James E. (Democratic), Cohen, Steve (Democratic), Conaway, Herbert C. (Democratic), Connolly, Gerald E. (Democratic), Correa, J. Luis (Democratic), Costa, Jim (Democratic), Courtney, Joe (Democratic), Craig, Angie (Democratic), Crockett, Jasmine (Democratic), Crow, Jason (Democratic), Davids, Sharice (Democratic), Davis, Danny K. (Democratic), Dean, Madeleine (Democratic), DeGette, Diana (Democratic), DeLauro, Rosa L. (Democratic), DelBene, Suzan K. (Democratic), Deluzio, Christopher R. (Democratic), DeSaulnier, Mark (Democratic), Dexter, Maxine (Democratic), Dingell, Debbie (Democratic), Doggett, Lloyd (Democratic), Elfreth, Sarah (Democratic), Escobar, Veronica (Democratic), Espaillat, Adriano (Democratic), Evans, Dwight (Democratic), Fields, Cleo (Democratic), Figures, Shomari (Democratic), Fletcher, Lizzie (Democratic), Foster, Bill (Democratic), Foushee, Valerie P. (Democratic), Frankel, Lois (Democratic), Friedman, Laura (Democratic), Frost, Maxwell (Democratic), Garamendi, John (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Garcia, Sylvia R. (Democratic), García, Jesús G. "Chuy" (Democratic), Gillen, Laura (Democratic), Golden, Jared F. (Democratic), Goldman, Daniel S. (Democratic), Gomez, Jimmy (Democratic), Gonzalez, Vicente (Democratic), Goodlander, Maggie (Democratic), Gottheimer, Josh (Democratic), Gray, Adam (Democratic), Green, Al (Democratic), Harder, Josh (Democratic), Hayes, Jahana (Democratic), Hernández, Pablo Jose (Democratic), Himes, James A. (Democratic), Horsford, Steven (Democratic), Houlahan, Chrissy (Democratic), Hoyer, Steny H. (Democratic), Hoyle, Val T. (Democratic), Huffman, Jared (Democratic), Ivey, Glenn (Democratic), Jackson, Jonathan L. (Democratic), Jacobs, Sara (Democratic), Jayapal, Pramila (Democratic), Jeffries, Hakeem S. (Democratic), Johnson, Julie (Democratic), Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" (Democratic), Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (Democratic), Kaptur, Marcy (Democratic), Keating, William R. (Democratic), Kelly, Robin L. (Democratic), Kennedy, Timothy M. (Democratic), Khanna, Ro (Democratic), Krishnamoorthi, Raja (Democratic), Landsman, Greg (Democratic), Larsen, Rick (Democratic), Larson, John B. (Democratic), Latimer, George (Democratic), Lee, Summer L. (Democratic), Lee, Susie (Democratic), Leger Fernandez, Teresa (Democratic), Levin, Mike (Democratic), Liccardo, Sam T. (Democratic), Lieu, Ted (Democratic), Lofgren, Zoe (Democratic), Lynch, Stephen F. (Democratic), Magaziner, Seth (Democratic), Mannion, John W. (Democratic), Matsui, Doris O. (Democratic), McBath, Lucy (Democratic), McBride, Sarah (Democratic), McClain Delaney, April (Democratic), McClellan, Jennifer L. (Democratic), McCollum, Betty (Democratic), McDonald Rivet, Kristen (Democratic), McGarvey, Morgan (Democratic), McGovern, James P. (Democratic), McIver, LaMonica (Democratic), Meeks, Gregory W. (Democratic), Menendez, Robert (Democratic), Meng, Grace (Democratic), Mfume, Kweisi (Democratic), Min, Dave (Democratic), Moore, Gwen (Democratic), Morelle, Joseph D. (Democratic), Morrison, Kelly (Democratic), Moskowitz, Jared (Democratic), Moulton, Seth (Democratic), Mrvan, Frank J. (Democratic), Mullin, Kevin (Democratic), Nadler, Jerrold (Democratic), Neal, Richard E. (Democratic), Neguse, Joe (Democratic), Norcross, Donald (Democratic), Norton, Eleanor Holmes (Democratic), Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria (Democratic), Olszewski, Johnny (Democratic), Omar, Ilhan (Democratic), Pallone, Frank (Democratic), Panetta, Jimmy (Democratic), Pappas, Chris (Democratic), Pelosi, Nancy (Democratic), Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp (Democratic), Peters, Scott H. (Democratic), Pettersen, Brittany (Democratic), Pingree, Chellie (Democratic), Plaskett, Stacey E. (Democratic), Pocan, Mark (Democratic), Pou, Nellie (Democratic), Pressley, Ayanna (Democratic), Quigley, Mike (Democratic), Ramirez, Delia C. (Democratic), Randall, Emily (Democratic), Raskin, Jamie (Democratic), Riley, Josh (Democratic), Rivas, Luz M. (Democratic), Ross, Deborah K. (Democratic), Ruiz, Raul (Democratic), Ryan, Patrick (Democratic), Salinas, Andrea (Democratic), Sánchez, Linda T. (Democratic), Scanlon, Mary Gay (Democratic), Schakowsky, Janice D. (Democratic), Schneider, Bradley Scott (Democratic), Scholten, Hillary J. (Democratic), Schrier, Kim (Democratic), Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" (Democratic), Scott, David (Democratic), Sewell, Terri A. (Democratic), Sherman, Brad (Democratic), Sherrill, Mikie (Democratic), Simon, Lateefah (Democratic), Smith, Adam (Democratic), Sorensen, Eric (Democratic), Soto, Darren (Democratic), Stansbury, Melanie A. (Democratic), Stanton, Greg (Democratic), Stevens, Haley M. (Democratic), Strickland, Marilyn (Democratic), Subramanyam, Suhas (Democratic), Suozzi, Thomas R. (Democratic), Swalwell, Eric (Democratic), Sykes, Emilia Strong (Democratic), Thanedar, Shri (Democratic), Thompson, Mike (Democratic), Thompson, Bennie G. (Democratic), Titus, Dina (Democratic), Tlaib, Rashida (Democratic), Tokuda, Jill N. (Democratic), Tonko, Paul (Democratic), Torres, Ritchie (Democratic), Torres, Norma J. (Democratic), Trahan, Lori (Democratic), Tran, Derek (Democratic), Underwood, Lauren (Democratic), Vargas, Juan (Democratic), Vasquez, Gabe (Democratic), Veasey, Marc A. (Democratic), Velázquez, Nydia M. (Democratic), Vindman, Eugene Simon (Democratic), Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (Democratic), Waters, Maxine (Democratic), Watson Coleman, Bonnie (Democratic), Whitesides, George (Democratic), Williams, Nikema (Democratic), Wilson, Frederica S. (Democratic), Walkinshaw, James R. (Democratic), Grijalva, Adelita S. (Democratic), Menefee, Christian D. (Democratic), and Mejia, Analilia (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 15?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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