HR 15 · in committee · major
Equality Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity in businesses, employment, housing, and federally funded programs.
- The law affects employers, landlords, schools, healthcare providers, and other public accommodations across the country.
- The bill expands existing civil rights laws and takes effect upon enactment with no specified implementation costs.
Generated by claude-haiku-4-5
Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the bill's protections in housing and employment affect small businesses in rural areas with limited resources for compliance?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that current federal civil rights laws leave gaps that this expansion would address?
- 03
Where might tensions arise between the bill's anti-discrimination protections and existing religious exemptions in federal law?
Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.
Sponsor · D-CA-39
Mark Takano
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
217/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-29
Joining the bill
Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original
Pete Aguilar
D-CA-33 · original
Gabe Amo
D-RI-1 · original
Yassamin Ansari
D-AZ-3 · original
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA-2 · original
Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1 · original
Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original
Julia Brownley
D-CA-26 · original
Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
D-VA-8 · original
Brendan F. Boyle
D-PA-2 · original
Jake Auchincloss
D-MA-4 · original
+ 205 more
Legislative timeline
2025-04-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2025-04-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2025-04-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2025-04-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2025-04-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
2025-04-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-04-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
Citizen comments
Sign in to comment on this bill.
No comments yet — be the first.