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Mar 4, 2021 · House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, speaks about the Equality Act on Feb. 25, 2021, with Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and other lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) Scientists say there ...
AN ACT To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equality Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND ...
Feb 25, 2021 · The House first passed the Equality Act in 2019, but it stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate during the Trump administration, which opposed the bill. The Democrats won control of the Senate ...
Mar 4, 2021 · March 4, 2021 Protesters stand in support of a introduction of the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination bill at the US Capitol on April 01, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Apr 3, 2023 · The Equality Act is a proposed law that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expand civil rights protections that currently only apply to employment settings. On February 24, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination on the basis of sex ...
Feb 19, 2021 · A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5. This is the one from the 117 th Congress. This bill was introduced in the 117 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023.
Feb 25, 2021 · 25 February 2021. Getty Images. The US House of Representatives has passed sweeping legislation that prohibits LGBT discrimination, but it is unlikely to pass the Senate. The Equality Act was ...
