Equal Campus Access Act of 2026
Latest action · Sep 16, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations.
Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-MO | Robert F. Onder, Jr. | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| R-LA | Julia Letlow | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Mark Harris | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Jun 22, 2026 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jul 30, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Aug 31, 2026 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Sep 2, 2026 |
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 Sep 18, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2026Reported Sep 16, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-833.
- Sep 16, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.
- Jun 25, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
- Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 153, September 18, 2025, page H4457.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 985 | Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 27, 2023 |
| HR 1816 | Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 27, 2023 |
| S 2859 | Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 19, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Equal Campus Access Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 18, 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.
