Ruthie and Connie LGBTQI Elder Americans Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ruthie and Connie LGBTQI Elder Americans Act of 2025
This bill makes changes to federal programs serving older individuals to facilitate care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals.
Under current law, certain services provided to older individuals must be targeted to populations with the greatest social need. The bill adds status as an LGBTQI individual and status as an individual living with HIV as factors contributing to greatest social need. The bill also explicitly allows grants that support the health, independence, and longevity of older individuals to be used for certain activities promoting services for individuals with the greatest social need.
The bill establishes an Office of LGBTQI Inclusion within the Administration on Aging (AOA). The office must promote access to services for LGBTQI older individuals and coordinate related activities within the Department of Health and Human Services and among other federal entities.
The bill also provides statutory authority for a national resource center on LGBTQI aging. The center must provide organizations that serve older individuals or LGBTQI individuals with information and technical assistance needed to effectively serve LGBTQI older individuals.
Finally, the bill requires certain studies and reports on issues affecting LGBTQI older individuals. Specifically, state long-term care ombudsmen must collect and analyze data on discrimination against LGBTQI older individuals in long-term care settings. Further, the AOA must study the services needed by LGBTQI older individuals and collect data on the number of such individuals served by various services and activities.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Dec 16, 2025 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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 | Lists H3011–H3013H.R. 4151–4213 | — | Jun 26, 2025 |
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. 110, June 26, 2025, page H3011.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide equal treatment of LGBTQI older individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ruthie and Connie LGBTQI Elder Americans Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 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.
