119th Congress Education
S. 2859: Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
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- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- Jim Banks R-INOriginal
- Ted Budd R-NCOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Michael Crapo R-IDOriginal
- Shelley Capito R-WVOriginal
- John Cornyn R-TXOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Tom Cotton R-AROriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Lindsey Graham R-SCOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Joshua Hawley R-MOOriginal
- John Kennedy R-LAOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Pete Ricketts R-NEOriginal
- Tim Scott R-SCOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- Todd Young R-INOriginal
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Jim Justice R-WV
- Mike Lee R-UT
Who scored on this bill
- 1James Lankford SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by James Lankford.
Show the full action history (3 actions)
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)