US-SB1503-2025

U.S. Congress · SB 1503 · 2025

Equality Act

Bill key

US-SB1503-2025

State

U.S. Congress

Session

2025

Introduced

May 8, 2025

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

S. 1503, 119th Cong. (2025), https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1503/all-info.

Short citation

S. 1503.

Topics

• Nondiscrimination protections
• Schools & curriculum

Tags

• Employment Nondiscrimination
• Healthcare Nondiscrimination
• Housing Nondiscrimination
• Education Nondiscrimination
• Credit Nondiscrimination
• Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination
• Jury Nondiscrimination

Summary

Equality Act

Curator notes

Anti-discrimination protections re: sex apply re: sexual orientation & gender identity / SOGI enumerated for Public Accommodations protections

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Senator	SD-OR	Primary sponsor

46 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Senator	SD-WI	Co-sponsor
Cory Booker	Democratic	Senator	SD-NJ	Co-sponsor
Angela Alsobrooks	Democratic	Senator	SD-MD	Co-sponsor
Michael Bennet	Democratic	Senator	SD-CO	Co-sponsor
Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Senator	SD-CT	Co-sponsor
Lisa Rochester	Democratic	Senator	SD-DE	Co-sponsor
Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Senator	SD-WA	Co-sponsor
Christopher Coons	Democratic	Senator	SD-DE	Co-sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Senator	SD-NV	Co-sponsor
Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Senator	SD-IL	Co-sponsor
Richard Durbin	Democratic	Senator	SD-IL	Co-sponsor
John Fetterman	Democratic	Senator	SD-PA	Co-sponsor
Ruben Gallego	Democratic	Senator	SD-AZ	Co-sponsor
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Senator	SD-NY	Co-sponsor
Margaret Hassan	Democratic	Senator	SD-NH	Co-sponsor
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	Senator	SD-NM	Co-sponsor
John Hickenlooper	Democratic	Senator	SD-CO	Co-sponsor
Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Senator	SD-HI	Co-sponsor
Tim Kaine	Democratic	Senator	SD-VA	Co-sponsor
Mark Kelly	Democratic	Senator	SD-AZ	Co-sponsor
Andy Kim	Democratic	Senator	SD-NJ	Co-sponsor
Angus King	Independent	Senator	SD-ME	Co-sponsor
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Senator	SD-MN	Co-sponsor
Ben Lujan	Democratic	Senator	SD-NM	Co-sponsor
Edward Markey	Democratic	Senator	SD-MA	Co-sponsor
Christopher Murphy	Democratic	Senator	SD-CT	Co-sponsor
Patty Murray	Democratic	Senator	SD-WA	Co-sponsor
Jon Ossoff	Democratic	Senator	SD-GA	Co-sponsor
Alex Padilla	Democratic	Senator	SD-CA	Co-sponsor
Gary Peters	Democratic	Senator	SD-MI	Co-sponsor
Jack Reed	Democratic	Senator	SD-RI	Co-sponsor
Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Senator	SD-NV	Co-sponsor
Bernard Sanders	Independent	Senator	SD-VT	Co-sponsor
Brian Schatz	Democratic	Senator	SD-HI	Co-sponsor
Adam Schiff	Democratic	Senator	SD-CA	Co-sponsor
Charles Schumer	Democratic	Senator	SD-NY	Co-sponsor
Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Senator	SD-NH	Co-sponsor
Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	Senator	SD-MI	Co-sponsor
Tina Smith	Democratic	Senator	SD-MN	Co-sponsor
Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Senator	SD-MD	Co-sponsor
Mark Warner	Democratic	Senator	SD-VA	Co-sponsor
Raphael Warnock	Democratic	Senator	SD-GA	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Senator	SD-MA	Co-sponsor
Peter Welch	Democratic	Senator	SD-VT	Co-sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Senator	SD-RI	Co-sponsor
Ron Wyden	Democratic	Senator	SD-OR	Co-sponsor

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