House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Becca Balint D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4157.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALINT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 110, June 26, 2025, Page H3011):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4157, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4157
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
85 cosponsors — 85 Democrats
0 of 85 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Becca Balint.
- H.R. 2029 (119th) Stop Comstock Act
- H.R. 2487 (119th) Transgender Health Care Access Act
- H.R. 3708 (119th) No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act
- H.R. 6124 (119th) End Rent Fixing Act of 2025
- H.Res. 827 (119th) Expressing support for the recognition of October 26, 2025, as Intersex Awareness Day, and supporting the goals and ideals of Intersex…
- H.R. 9540 (119th) Community Housing Act of 2026
Related bills
- H.R. 4163 (119th) PRIDE Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 2178 (119th) Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.