S 2171 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Refund Equality Act of 2023

Introduced Jun 22, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Elizabeth Warren D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 22, 2023 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 22, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Refund Equality Act of  2023

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 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2023 to Sep 13, 2023; 47 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 22, 2023
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 22, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-GAJon OssoffOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-AZMark KellyOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 22, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJun 22, 2023
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-VATim KaineOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalJun 22, 2023
D-MTJon TesterSep 13, 2023

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jun 22, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 22, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 22, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2014Refund Equality Act of 2021Reintroduction ofJun 10, 2021
HR 4326PRIDE Act of 2023Related billJun 23, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Refund Equality Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 22, 2023Introduced in Senate

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