S 2014 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Refund Equality Act of 2021

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 10, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 10, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Refund Equality Act of  2021

This bill permits legally married same sex couples to amend their tax returns to file as married filing jointly for returns outside of the statute of limitations.

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2021 to Dec 20, 2022, with 39 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 10, 2021
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 10, 2021
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 10, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 10, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3815PRIDE Act of 2021Related billJun 11, 2021
HR 5376Inflation Reduction Act of 2022Related billAug 16, 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 10, 2021Introduced in Senate

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