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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025

S. 3426Introduced Dec 10, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Official title: A bill to establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ People, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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

35 cosponsors — 34 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), 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), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and 5 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.