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 to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2022
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution expresses support for implementing a Transgender Bill of Rights that guarantees certain rights for transgender and nonbinary people with respect to public services and accommodations, employment, housing, health care, and other specified areas.
Cosponsors 98
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2022 to Nov 22, 2022, with 85 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Jun 28, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Jun 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Jun 28, 2022Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Abortion
- Census and government statistics
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Due process and equal protection
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Health care coverage and access
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Housing discrimination
- Mental health
- School athletics
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2022Introduced in House
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