HR 1229 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Stop CRT Act

Introduced Feb 28, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Dan Bishop R-NC

Latest action · Feb 28, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, 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.

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.

IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop CRT Act

This bill grants Executive Order 13950 the force and effect of law. That order prohibits federal agencies and contractors from advancing specified policies or training related to race or sex and was revoked by Executive Order 13985 on January 20, 2021.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2023 to Apr 19, 2023; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TN	Andrew Ogles	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-FL	Anna Paulina Luna	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-VA	Ben Cline	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-VA	Bob Good	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-TX	Chip Roy	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-MO	Eric Burlison	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-LA	Mike Johnson	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Feb 28, 2023
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Mar 7, 2023
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Mar 10, 2023
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Mar 10, 2023
R-AL	Barry Moore		Mar 23, 2023
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 23, 2023
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 23, 2023
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Mar 23, 2023
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Mar 23, 2023
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Mar 23, 2023
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Mar 23, 2023
R-TX	Ronny Jackson		Mar 23, 2023
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Apr 3, 2023
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Apr 3, 2023
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Apr 3, 2023
R-FL	Bill Posey		Apr 6, 2023
R-NY	George Santos		Apr 6, 2023
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 19, 2023
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Apr 19, 2023

Committees 3

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Feb 28, 2023
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Feb 28, 2023
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Feb 28, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Critical Race Theory

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 38, February 28, 2023, page H971.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3179	Stop CRT Act	Reintroduction of	May 13, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To codify Executive Order 13950 (relating to combating race and sex stereotyping), and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Stop CRT Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Labor and Employment

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.