HR 1389 · in committee · significant
Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- This bill removes marriage penalties that cause disabled adults to lose Social Security and SSI benefits when they marry.
- Disabled adult children receiving Social Security child's benefits and couples applying for SSI are affected.
- The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment with no new appropriations required.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might removing marriage penalties affect the financial stability and independence of disabled adults who currently delay or avoid marriage due to benefit loss?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between eliminating marriage penalties for disabled beneficiaries and maintaining the current means-testing structure of Social Security and SSI programs?
- 03
Which disabled populations would benefit most from this change, and are there groups whose circumstances the bill may not adequately address?
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Sponsor · D-CA-19
Jimmy Panetta
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
9/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-14
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-14 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-02-14 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-02-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-14 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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