House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Equality Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2282.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 75, May 2, 2017, Page H3067):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2282, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2282
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2282, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
201 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 198 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 201 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC) and 171 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.