HR 6432 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Safeguarding Honest Speech Act

Introduced Nov 15, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Andrew Ogles R-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 15, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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. IntroducedNov 15, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2023 to Jan 29, 2024; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-AZElijah CraneOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-COLauren BoebertOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.OriginalNov 15, 2023
R-GAMike CollinsOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalNov 15, 2023
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalNov 15, 2023
R-OKJosh BrecheenJan 29, 2024
R-TXPat FallonJan 29, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Nov 15, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Nov 15, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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: Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any rule, policy, guidance, recommendation, or memoranda requiring any federal employee or contractor to use another person's preferred pronouns.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 190, November 15, 2023, pages H5894, H5893.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3318Safeguarding Honest Speech ActIdentical billNov 15, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal name of such individual, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Safeguarding Honest Speech Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 15, 2023Introduced in House

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