US Congress Senate Bill 5

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-3)
Status: Introduced on June 21 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-06-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Equality Act

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. John Fetterman [D-PA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. John Hickenlooper [D-CO]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Mark Kelly [D-AZ]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Jon Ossoff [D-GA]	Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Raphael Warnock [D-GA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Laphonza Butler [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB4393 (Related) 2023-06-27 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HB15 (Same As) 2023-06-21 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB4439 (Related) 2023-06-30 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/5/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s5/BILLS-118s5is.pdf