House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Equality in Laws Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4876.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3952):Art. I, Sec, 5 The single subject of this legislation is: To promote gender equality and inclusivity, this bill would replace masculine pronouns with gender-neutral language throughout the U.S. Code.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4876, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4876
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Garcia (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Summer Lee.
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- H.R. 4877 (118th) Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
- H.R. 10151 (118th) Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act
- H.Res. 819 (118th) Recognizing the 5-year anniversary of the horrific antisemitic attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on…
- H.R. 8825 (118th) Right to Vote Act
- H.R. 3645 (118th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.