United States
Federal bills in Congress from both sides, with congressional hearings and the members who sponsor the bills.
Bills
672 bills: 324 Anti-LGBTQ+, 348 Pro-LGBTQ+. 7 are enacted (4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.
| Status | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failed | 438 | 176 | 262 |
| Pending | 227 | 144 | 83 |
| Enacted | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Most recent bills
- US HR 1437 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
- US HB 9722 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- US SB 4925 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- US HB 9579 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
- US HB 9487 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- US HR 1405 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
- US SB 4873 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- US SR 789 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
- US HB 9495 (2026) Anti-LGBTQ+
- US SR 785 (2026) Pro-LGBTQ+
Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of United States: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.
Bills by year
Introduced each year
Enacted, by the year introduced
- 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
| Year | Introduced | Introduced, Anti-LGBTQ+ | Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+ | Enacted | Enacted, Anti-LGBTQ+ | Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 167 | 110 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 92 | 60 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
| Topic | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity documents | 43 | 42 | 1 |
| Bathrooms & facilities | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| Sports participation | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| Youth gender-affirming care | 71 | 66 | 5 |
| Adult gender-affirming care | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Medicaid & public funding for care | 69 | 69 | 0 |
| Insurance coverage | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Prisons, jails & detention | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| Schools & curriculum | 79 | 23 | 56 |
| DEI & bias training | 29 | 28 | 1 |
| Drag & public expression | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Book bans & censorship | 55 | 54 | 1 |
| Pronouns, names & outing | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Marriage, family & custody | 106 | 75 | 31 |
| Nondiscrimination protections | 214 | 38 | 176 |
| Hate crimes | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Religious exemptions | 54 | 54 | 0 |
| Military service | 23 | 9 | 14 |
| Conversion therapy | 18 | 2 | 16 |
| Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Symbolic resolutions & recognition | 147 | 68 | 79 |
| Government process, funding & data | 90 | 55 | 35 |
Tags
| Tag | Bills | Anti-LGBTQ+ | Pro-LGBTQ+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds | 65 | 65 | 0 |
| Appropriations | 58 | 54 | 4 |
| Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| Education Nondiscrimination | 49 | 0 | 49 |
| Holiday/Recognition | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| Religious Exemptions: Marriage | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| Religious Exemptions: MRFA | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| Housing Nondiscrimination | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| Broad Nondiscrimination | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| End Legal Recognition | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Employment Nondiscrimination | 31 | 0 | 31 |
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Hearings
Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.
| Date | Chamber | Committee |
|---|---|---|
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Legislators
The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.
| Name | Party | Role | District | Bills sponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Norton | D | Representative | HD-DC | 167 |
| Janice Schakowsky | D | Representative | HD-IL-9 | 131 |
| Mark Takano | D | Representative | HD-CA-39 | 127 |
| Mark Pocan | D | Representative | HD-WI-2 | 122 |
| Raul Grijalva | D | Representative | HD-AZ-7 | 118 |
| Barbara Lee | D | Representative | HD-CA-12 | 117 |
| James McGovern | D | Representative | HD-MA-2 | 107 |
| Henry Johnson | D | Representative | HD-GA-4 | 103 |
| Judy Chu | D | Representative | HD-CA-28 | 103 |
| Suzanne Bonamici | D | Representative | HD-OR-1 | 100 |
Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.
Court cases
Federal court cases are on the Litigation pages. Executive and agency actions are on the Federal pages.
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How this page is sourced
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.