SRES 202 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 26, 2017, as "LGBT Equality Day".

Introduced Jun 26, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Tammy Baldwin D-WI

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Latest action · Jun 26, 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3767)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 26, 2017
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Expresses support for: (1) equal rights and protections for all people, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity; and (2) the designation of LGBT Equality Day on June 26 to commemorate Supreme Court decisions handed down on that day in 2003, 2013, and 2015.

Acknowledges the need for further legislation to ensure that people in the United States are free from all forms of discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 26, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 26, 2017
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 26, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJun 26, 2017
D-VATim KaineOriginalJun 26, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 26, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 26, 2017Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3767)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateText printed S3767—Jun 26, 2017

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 405Expressing support for the designation of June 26 as "LGBT Equality Day".Related billJul 10, 2017

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 26, 2017, as "LGBT Equality Day".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2017Introduced in Senate

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