Free Speech Fairness Act
Latest action · Mar 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2025 to Apr 27, 2026; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-IN | Marlin A. Stutzman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-WA | Michael Baumgartner | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Riley M. Moore | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-MT | Troy Downing | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Mike Haridopolos | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Apr 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H712 | Mark Harris R-NC | Jan 13, 2026 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 57, March 31, 2025, page H1375.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1205 | Free Speech Fairness Act | Identical bill | Mar 31, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable organizations to make statements relating to political campaigns if such statements are made in the ordinary course of carrying out its tax exempt purpose.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Free Speech Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
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.
