2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB2859
Legislative Summary
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.
Bill History
9/18/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734: 2)
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(9/18/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 28
Primary Sponsor
James Lankford
Republican
Co-Sponsors (27)
Tim Scott
Republican
Bill Cassidy
Republican
Rick Scott
Republican
Kevin Cramer
Republican
Josh Hawley
Republican
Chuck Grassley
Republican
Cynthia Lummis
Republican
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican
Ted Cruz
Republican
Tom Cotton
Republican
Ted Budd
Republican
Todd Young
Republican
Marsha Blackburn
Republican
Jim Banks
Republican
Katie Boyd Britt
Republican
Mike Crapo
Republican
Thom Tillis
Republican
Steve Daines
Republican
James Risch
Republican
Shelley Capito
Republican
Lindsey Graham
Republican
Mike Rounds
Republican
Pete Ricketts
Republican
John Kennedy
Republican
John Cornyn
Republican
Markwayne Mullin
Republican
Joni Ernst
Republican