Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Equality Act
Official title: A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2025
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- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
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Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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
46 cosponsors — 44 Democrats, 2 independents
0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Luján (D-NM), Edward Markey (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI) and 16 more.
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Related bills
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality ActRelated bill
- H.R. 7005 (119th) Customer Non-Discrimination ActRelated bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.