US-SB788-2019

U.S. Congress · SB 788 · 2019

Equality Act

Bill key

US-SB788-2019

State

U.S. Congress

Session

2019

Introduced

April 1, 2019

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

S. 788, 116th Cong. (2019), https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/788/all-info.

Short citation

S. 788.

Topics

• Nondiscrimination protections
• Schools & curriculum

Tags

• Broad Nondiscrimination
• Credit Nondiscrimination
• Education Nondiscrimination
• Employment Nondiscrimination
• Housing Nondiscrimination
• Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination

Summary

Equality Act

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
Susan Collins	Republican	Senator	SD-ME	Co-sponsor
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	Senator	SD-WI	Co-sponsor
Cory Booker	Democratic	Senator	SD-NJ	Co-sponsor
Edward Markey	Democratic	Senator	SD-MA	Co-sponsor
Doug Jones	Democratic	Senator	SD-AL	Co-sponsor
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Senator	SD-RI	Co-sponsor
Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Senator	SD-CT	Co-sponsor
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Senator	SD-VT	Co-sponsor
Kamala Harris	Democratic	Senator	SD-CA	Co-sponsor
Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Senator	SD-WA	Co-sponsor
Chris Van Hollen	Democratic	Senator	SD-MD	Co-sponsor
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Senator	SD-MI	Co-sponsor
Patty Murray	Democratic	Senator	SD-WA	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Senator	SD-MA	Co-sponsor
Ron Wyden	Democratic	Senator	SD-OR	Co-sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Senator	SD-NV	Co-sponsor
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Senator	SD-MN	Co-sponsor
Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	Senator	SD-MD	Co-sponsor
Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Senator	SD-NV	Co-sponsor
Robert Casey	Democratic	Senator	SD-PA	Co-sponsor
Bernard Sanders	Independent	Senator	SD-VT	Co-sponsor
Gary Peters	Democratic	Senator	SD-MI	Co-sponsor
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Senator	SD-OH	Co-sponsor
Robert Menendez	Democratic	Senator	SD-NJ	Co-sponsor
Tina Smith	Democratic	Senator	SD-MN	Co-sponsor
Jack Reed	Democratic	Senator	SD-RI	Co-sponsor
Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Senator	SD-NH	Co-sponsor
Christopher Coons	Democratic	Senator	SD-DE	Co-sponsor
Tim Kaine	Democratic	Senator	SD-VA	Co-sponsor
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	Senator	SD-NM	Co-sponsor
Margaret Hassan	Democratic	Senator	SD-NH	Co-sponsor
Michael Bennet	Democratic	Senator	SD-CO	Co-sponsor
Christopher Murphy	Democratic	Senator	SD-CT	Co-sponsor
Thomas Carper	Democratic	Senator	SD-DE	Co-sponsor
Tom Udall	Democratic	Senator	SD-NM	Co-sponsor
Jon Tester	Democratic	Senator	SD-MT	Co-sponsor
Richard Durbin	Democratic	Senator	SD-IL	Co-sponsor
Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Senator	SD-CA	Co-sponsor
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Senator	SD-NY	Co-sponsor
Brian Schatz	Democratic	Senator	SD-HI	Co-sponsor
Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	Senator	SD-IL	Co-sponsor
Angus King	Independent	Senator	SD-ME	Co-sponsor
Mark Warner	Democratic	Senator	SD-VA	Co-sponsor
Mazie Hirono	Democratic	Senator	SD-HI	Co-sponsor
Charles Schumer	Democratic	Senator	SD-NY	Co-sponsor
Kyrsten Sinema	Independent	Senator	SD-AZ	Co-sponsor

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