District of Columbia

District of Columbia: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

District

Bills

28 bills: 0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 28 Pro-LGBTQ+. 21 are enacted (0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 21 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Enacted21021
Failed505
Pending202

Most recent bills

All 28 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of District of Columbia: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in District of Columbia, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452005: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in District of Columbia, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in District of Columbia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452013: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in District of Columbia by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026505303
2025101101
2024505303
2023404404
2022202101
2020505505
2018202202
2014202101
2013101101
2005101000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents202
Youth gender-affirming care202
Adult gender-affirming care202
Nondiscrimination protections303
Hate crimes101
Conversion therapy101
Symbolic resolutions & recognition11011
Government process, funding & data808

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Holiday/Recognition10010
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies505
Birth Certificate Or Identification202
Broad Nondiscrimination202
Employment Nondiscrimination202
Conversion Therapy Ban101
End Trans Panic Defense101
HIV and STI Care101
Housing Nondiscrimination101
Privacy: Data Protection101
Privacy: Medical101
Provider Protections101
Show the other 4 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination101
Safe State Bill101
Supportive Resolution101
Welfare Funding101

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Charles AllenDSenatorSD-00615
Janeese Lewis GeorgeDSenatorSD-00415
Anita BondsDSenatorSD-00014
Christina HendersonISenatorSD-00014
Robert WhiteDSenatorSD-00014
Brooke PintoDSenatorSD-00213
Phil MendelsonDSenatorSD-00013
Zachary ParkerDSenatorSD-00512
Brianne NadeauDSenatorSD-00111
Kenyan McDuffieISenatorSD-00011

All 25 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case c69583866D.D.C.District2026
Case c69653510D.D.C.District2026
Case c70765271D.D.C.District2026
Case c71268308D.D.C.District2026
Case c71872572D.D.C.District2026
Case c72079033D.D.C.District2026
Case c72286835D.D.C.District2026
Case c72288700D.D.C.District2026
Case c72295218D.D.C.District2026
Case 1:26-cv-01552D.D.C.District2026

All 37 court cases

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.