US HB5 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 225-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 1 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-03-17 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Tracking Information

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Title

Equality Act

Sponsors

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]
Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]
Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux [D-GA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Kaialii Kahele [D-HI]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Sen. Andy Kim [D-NJ]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Marie Newman [D-IL]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]

Roll Calls

2021-02-25 - House - Table the motion to reconsider (Y: 211 N: 195 NV: 0 Abs: 25) [PASS]
2021-02-25 - House - On passage (Y: 224 N: 206 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2021-03-17SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
2021-03-02SenateRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
2021-03-02SenateRead the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
2021-03-01SenateReceived in the Senate.
2021-02-25HouseTable the motion to reconsider Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 195 (Roll no. 40).
2021-02-25HouseMr. Cicilline moved to table the motion to reconsider
2021-02-25HouseMr. Kildee moved to reconsider.
2021-02-25HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 206 (Roll no. 39). (text: CR H634-637)
2021-02-25HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2021-02-25HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on H.R. 5.
2021-02-25HouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.
2021-02-25HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 147. (consideration: CR H633-661)
2021-02-24HouseRule H. Res. 147 passed House.
2021-02-23HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 147 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 803 and H.R. 5. Rule provides for 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 803 and one motion to recommit. Rule provides for 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 5 and one motion to recommit.
2021-02-18HouseReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2021-02-18HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HR147 (Related) 2021-02-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB393 (Same As) 2021-02-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB4286 (Related) 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
HB5744 (Related) 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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