THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
Federal HB8213 (2026)
Defending Women in the Workplace Act
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
To clarify that sex discrimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not include discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Session
- 119th Congress
- Stage reported
- Introduced
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Introduced in House
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Employment Discrimination
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Apr 10, 2026) at Congress.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Introduced in House | |
| House | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. |
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