S 2279 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2023

Introduced Jul 12, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Edward J. Markey D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 12, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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. IntroducedJul 12, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 12, 2023 to Jul 18, 2023; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJul 12, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJul 12, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-VATim KaineOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalJul 12, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenJul 18, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseJul 18, 2023

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 12, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 12, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2201LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025Cross-Congress related billJun 27, 2025
HR 4432LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2023Identical billJun 30, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 12, 2023Introduced in Senate

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