Nydia Velazquez

Representative · U.S. Congress

Party

Democratic

State

U.S. Congress

Chamber

Representative

District

HD-NY-7

Years active

2011–2026

Bills sponsored

91 bills

Bills sponsored

• US-HB1329-2026 failed · co-sponsor
  Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
• US-HCR82-2026 pending · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
• US-HR1058-2026 pending · co-sponsor
  Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access…
• US-HR1364-2026 pending · co-sponsor
  Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
• US-HR1405-2026 pending · co-sponsor
  Encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
• US-HB15-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HB1810-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Safe Schools Improvement Act
• US-HB2487-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Transgender Health Care Access Act
• US-HB3243-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025
• US-HB3569-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Fit to Serve Act
• US-HB3708-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act
• US-HB5434-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  988 LGBTQ+ Youth Access Act of 2025
• US-HB5635-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025
• US-HB6056-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
• US-HB6181-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
• US-HCR23-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
• US-HCR53-2025 pending · primary sponsor
  Expressing support for the recognition of September 26, 2025, as "World Contraception Day" and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding global and domestic access to contraception.
• US-HR52-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Recognizing and honoring the work of community organizations and individuals who create and maintain services and educational programs for marginalized groups ensuring the resilience and prosperity of members of the LGB…
• US-HR549-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBTQI+ Equality Day".
• US-HR550-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2025
• US-HR569-2025 pending · co-sponsor
  Affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing need to address discrimination and inequality in the workplace, elementary, secondar…
• US-HR1329-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the…
• US-HR1332-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2024
• US-HR1422-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
• US-HR1588-2024 failed · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.
• US-HB15-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HB1808-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
• US-HB4439-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2023
• US-HCR32-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
• US-HCR39-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Expressing the sense of Congress to support the case of Beatriz, a young woman from a rural area of El Salvador, living in extreme poverty and with lupus, who fought for her life against the state to allow her to termin…
• US-HR269-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access…
• US-HR337-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Original Fair Housing Resolution of 2023
• US-HR351-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing the impact the stigmatization of menstruation has on the lives of women, girls, and people who menstruate, and expressing support for the designation of the month of May as "National Menstrual Health Awarene…
• US-HR558-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBTQI+ Equality Day".
• US-HR561-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Expressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gen…
• US-HR568-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2023
• US-HR886-2023 failed · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.
• US-HB3800-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  GLOBE Act of 2021 Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2021
• US-HB4286-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2021
• US-HB5744-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Customer Non-Discrimination Act
• US-HB7585-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act Kidney Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Improvement Act of 2022 Stop HIV…
• US-HB8404-2022 enacted · co-sponsor
  Respect for Marriage Act
• US-HB9497-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  International Violence Against Women Act of 2022
• US-HR1209-2022 failed · co-sponsor
  Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access…
• US-HB1201-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  International Human Rights Defense Act of 2021
• US-HB2328-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
• US-HB3312-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021
• US-HB4146-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021
• US-HB5-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HB7-2021 failed · co-sponsor
  Paycheck Fairness Act
• US-HB6637-2020 failed · co-sponsor
  Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020
• US-HB1364-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Child Care for Working Families Act
• US-HB1423-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  FAIR Act Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
• US-HB1857-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  International Human Rights Defense Act of 2019
• US-HB1981-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
• US-HB2148-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  BE HEARD in the Workplace Act Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act
• US-HB2720-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2019
• US-HB3509-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act
• US-HB3570-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
• US-HB5-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HR722-2019 failed · co-sponsor
  Supporting the goals of Transgender Day of Remembrance.
• US-HB5034-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  International Violence Against Women Act of 2018
• US-HB5374-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018
• US-HB5942-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018
• US-HB6033-2018 failed · co-sponsor
  International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
• US-HB2119-2017 failed · co-sponsor
  Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
• US-HB2282-2017 failed · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HB3273-2017 failed · co-sponsor
  LGBT Data Inclusion Act
• US-HB3520-2017 failed · co-sponsor
  Customer Non-Discrimination Act
• US-HB3773-2017 failed · co-sponsor
  Child Care for Working Families Act
• US-HB5373-2016 failed · co-sponsor
  LGBT Data Inclusion Act
• US-HB5586-2016 failed · co-sponsor
  Customer Non-Discrimination Act
• US-HB197-2015 failed · co-sponsor
  Respect for Marriage Act
• US-HB3185-2015 failed · co-sponsor
  Equality Act
• US-HB590-2015 failed · co-sponsor
  International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015
• US-HCR36-2015 failed · co-sponsor
  Expressing the sense of Congress that conversion therapy, including efforts by mental health practitioners to change an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, is dangerous and harmful an…
• US-HB5294-2014 failed · co-sponsor
  Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014
• US-HB5617-2014 failed · co-sponsor
  Copyright and Marriage Equality Act
• US-HR611-2014 failed · co-sponsor
  Honoring the life of Jeanne Sobelson Manford for her fierce advocacy on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as they and their allies celebrate Pride month during the month of June, refl…
• US-HB1652-2013 failed · co-sponsor
  Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
• US-HB1755-2013 failed · co-sponsor
  Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
• US-HB2028-2013 failed · co-sponsor
  Every Child Deserves a Family Act
• US-HB2523-2013 failed · co-sponsor
  Respect for Marriage Act
• US-HCR69-2013 failed · co-sponsor
  Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2013
• US-HB5638-2012 failed · primary sponsor
  Service Member Anti-Hazing Act
• US-HCR141-2012 failed · co-sponsor
  Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution
• US-HB1116-2011 failed · co-sponsor
  Respect for Marriage Act
• US-HB1397-2011 failed · co-sponsor
  Employment Non-Discrimination Act
• US-HB1681-2011 failed · co-sponsor
  Every Child Deserves a Family Act
• US-HB1880-2011 failed · co-sponsor
  Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act
• US-HB998-2011 failed · co-sponsor
  Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011