Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 86
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2025 to Nov 10, 2026; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | 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-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Sep 11, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Nov 10, 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 Jun 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2178 | Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jun 26, 2025 |
| HR 4163 | PRIDE Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jun 26, 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 clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
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.
