2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB1503: Equality Act
Legislative Summary
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
Bill History
4/29/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(4/29/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 45
Independent: 2
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Merkley
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (46)
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
Cory Booker
Democrat
Angela Alsobrooks
Democrat
Michael Bennet
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Maria Cantwell
Democrat
Christopher Coons
Democrat
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat
Richard Durbin
Democrat
John Fetterman
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat
Margaret Hassan
Democrat
Martin Heinrich
Democrat
John Hickenlooper
Democrat
Mazie Hirono
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Democrat
Mark Kelly
Democrat
Andy Kim
Democrat
Angus King
Independent
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
Ben Lujan
Democrat
Edward Markey
Democrat
Christopher Murphy
Democrat
Patty Murray
Democrat
Jon Ossoff
Democrat
Alex Padilla
Democrat
Gary Peters
Democrat
Jack Reed
Democrat
Jacky Rosen
Democrat
Bernard Sanders
Independent
Brian Schatz
Democrat
Adam Schiff
Democrat
Charles Schumer
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
Tina Smith
Democrat
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat
Mark Warner
Democrat
Raphael Warnock
Democrat
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat
Ron Wyden
Democrat