Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Committee actionJul 10, 2013
- Passed SenateNov 7, 2013 · 64–32
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 8, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 815.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013” on September 11, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 10, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44569
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 815, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-105 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on September 12, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/105
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 815, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b36cf3a09324bff6c46caa077534a0905b17361401168c3300bd0ee9b8d1b1ac
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- Congress.gov noteOn 9/17/2014, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H.Res.678 a resolution providing for
consideration of S.815. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 113-11: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 815, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b36cf3a09324bff6c46caa077534a0905b17361401168c3300bd0ee9b8d1b1ac
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 815, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
56 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 52 Democrats, 2 independents
2 of 56 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), William "Mo" Cowan (D-MA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and 26 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.