H.R. 15 · 118th Congress

Equality Act

Introduced on Jun 21, 2023 by Mark Takano (D-CA-39). 219 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 21, 2023): 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.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 21, 2023
Cosponsors
219
0 from the other party
Policy area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Consumer credit
  • Due process and equal protection
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Higher education
  • Housing discrimination
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Religion
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
  • Sports and recreation facilities

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mark TakanoD-CA-39Sponsor

Democrats · 219

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  6. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  7. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE5 reports
    $600.8K reported (all issues)
  3. American Civil Liberties Union5 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  4. American Federation of Teachers5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  5. Anti-Defamation League5 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute5 reports
    $348.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$933K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)5 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$586.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  9. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY5 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  10. New York State Bar Association5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  11. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow5 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  12. Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights3 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  13. Family Equality Council1 report
  14. National Council of Jewish Women1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  15. PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC.1 report
    $14.6K reported (all issues)
  16. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.1 report
    $497.4K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.