Silver State Equality is prioritizing the following priority pro-equality state legislation in 2025:

Gender Affirming Care Shield Law – SB 171 by Senator James Ohrenschall

This bill would allow health care providers to provide gender-affirming health care without a health care licensing board disqualifying or disciplining them for providing or assisting with gender-affirming health care services. Moreover, health care providers who are licensed to practice in a state that has a ban on gender affirming health care services and who are also licensed in Nevada may provide a gender affirming health care service in accordance with Nevada law and not have another state, territory, or the District of Columbia place a judgement, discipline, or threatened or sanction them for providing or assisting with gender affirming services in Nevada.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor 6/3/2025.

Non-Discrimination in the Nevada Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange – SB 352 by Senator Melanie Scheible

Would prohibit public and private health insurance policies including Medicaid, from discriminating against any person on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability; as well as sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor. 6/12/2025

Prohibition of Public School and Public Library Book Bans – AB 416 by Assemblymember Brittany Miller

Prohibits limiting access of students and the public to library materials of a school and public library through the removal, moving, labeling, or defacing of library materials from circulation. Also protects library and school staff for displaying or circulating library materials in accordance with the law.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor. 6/12/2025

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Silver State Equality is supporting the following legislation during the 2025 Legislative Session:

SCR2 – Designation of Fruit Loop Historical Marker by Sens. Doñate, Scheible, Ohrenschall, Flores, and Assemblymembers González and Watts

Recognizes the “Fruit Loop” as a historical LGBTQ+ landmark in Clark County, Nevada.

Status: Approved. 6/12/2025

AB 197 – Nonprofit Data Confidentiality by Assemblymember Shea Backus

Require governmental entities to keep 501(c) nonprofit information confidential, including donor, member, and volunteer data, except information already required by law to be made public as part of annual filings or other disclosures. Additionally, prohibit governmental entities from investigating and collecting sensitive information related to a 501(c) nonprofit’s membership, volunteer list, or donor records, unless there is a legitimate reason to do so, as outlined in Section 2, subsection 3 of the bill.

Status: Approved by the Governor on 5/29/2025.

AB 235 – Gender-Affirming Care Privacy Protections by Assemblymember Erica Roth

Provides privacy protections for gender affirming health care providers by allowing them to hide their information from public records. Authorizes providers of reproductive health and provider of gender-affirming health care;  and the spouse, domestic partner or minor child thereof to request a court order to make certain personal information in the possession of a county recorder, county assessor or elections official be kept in a confidential manner.

Status: Approved by the Governor on 5/29/2025.

AB 480 – Housing Discrimination Protections by Assembly Speaker Yeager

Revises provisions around discrimination in housing.  Provides that liability may be established for a discriminatory housing practice if (1) the practice was motivated by a discriminatory intent; or (2) with certain exceptions, the practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent but the practice actually or predictably results in a disparate impact on a group of persons because of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, familial status or sex.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor 6/2/2025

SB 62 – Hate Crime Public Data by Senate Committee on Judiciary (on behalf of Attorney General)

Creates an account for survivors of bias and/or hate crimes and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History to make certain data relating to bias crimes available to the public.

Status: Approved by the Governor. 6/9/2025

SB 71 – Nevada Diverse Business Advisory Council by Senate Committee on Government Affairs (on behalf of Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs)

Creates the Nevada Diverse Business Advisory Council.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor 6/9/2025

SB 89 – Hate Crimes Firearms Regulations by Senator Pazina

Adds regulation to firearms purchased by individuals convicted of committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor hate crime.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor on 6/2/2025.

SB 117 – Resources for LGBTQ+ Veterans by Sen. Cruz-Crawford and Assemblymember Moore

Provides resources to LGBTQ+ Veterans for upgrading from a less than honorable discharge due to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. – The Director of the Department of Veterans Services would be required to develop and make available to certain agencies, resource centers or  of training and informational materials concerning the process for applying for an upgrade to the character of a veteran’s discharge.

Status: Approved by the Governor on 5/30/2025.

SB 141 – Providing Protections for Incarcerated Transgender Persons in Jails by Senator Melanie Scheible

Provides protections for incarcerated trans persons in jails through the development and implementation of  certain policies and training.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor on 6/2/2025.

SB 160 – Nevada Equal Rights Commission Reorganization by Sen. Dina Neal

Reorganizes and moves the Nevada Equal Rights Commission under the Attorney General’s office and revising certain duties of the Commission.

Status: Vetoed by the Governor. 6/5/2025

SB 162 – Civil Rights Compliance by Sens. Cruz-Crawford and Krasner

Entities that receive public money must comply with certain civil rights or employment laws.

Status: Approved by the Governor on 5/30/2025.

SB 217 – IVF and Fertility Care Access by Sens. Cannizzaro, Nguyen, Scheible, Pazina, Dondero Loop

Provides equitable access to IVF and infertility care and improves access to fertility treatments that may be out of reach for some.

Status: Vetoed the Governor. 6/18/2025

SB 354 – HIV Step Therapy by Senator Jeff Stone

Prohibits certain health plans from requiring step therapy before providing coverage for certain prescription drugs for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or the treatment of HIV or Hepatitis C.

Status: DIED

One Big Beautiful Bill Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 1 by Representative Jodey Arrington [R-TX] and Senate Majority Leader John Thune [R-SD]

This massive Republican-led spending bill added $3 trillion to the national debt, cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans, slashed funding for Medicaid and SNAP, and imposed work mandates. It also prohibited federal funding for Planned Parenthood, where millions of LGBTQ+ people receive their healthcare but dramatically increases funding for anti-immigrant law enforcement, and choked off benefits for even legally-present immigrants and their families.

Status: Passed the Senate 51-50 on July 1, and the House 218-214 on strict party-line votes on July 3. Signed into law on July 4, 2025.

Laken Riley Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 29 by Representative Mike Collins [R-GA] and S. 5 by Senator Katie Britt [R-LA]

This bill would require DHS to detain undocumented people who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny and shoplifting.

Status: Passed the Senate 64-35 and the House by 264-159. Signed into law January 29, 2025.

Protection of Women and Girls in Sport Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 28 by Representative Greg Steube [R-FL] and S. 9 by Senator Tommy Tuberville [R-AL]

This federal trans sports bill would ban trans girls and women from participating on school sports teams and likely affect the ability of intersex students to participate in school athletics.

Status: Passed the House by a largely party-line vote of 218–206 on January 14. Failed to advance in the Senate by a vote of 51-45 on March 3, 2025.

Protect Children’s Innocence Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 3492 by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene [R-GA]

This bill would subject doctors and medical providers with a felony of up to 10 years for providing medically-necessary care (hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries) to transgender young people, and even parents for supporting their children and following the guidance of their child’s medical team.

Status:  Passed the House 216-211 on December 17, 2025. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act  [OPPOSE] – H.R. 1028 by Representative Greg Steube [R-FL] and S. 405 by Senator Tommy Tuberville [R-AL]

This bill would exclude transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people from athletics programs, ranging from youth club sports up through Olympic levels.

Status:  Introduced in the House and Senate on February 5, 2025.

Do No Harm to Medicaid Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 498 by Representative Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]

This bill would ban the use of Medicaid funds being used for medically-necessary healthcare for transgender people under the age of 18.

Status:  Passed the House 215-201 on December 18, 2025. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 21 by Representative Ann Wagner [R-MO] and S. 6 by Senator James Lankford [R-OK]

This anti-abortion bill is intended to intimidate doctors who provide abortions by threatening fines and imprisonment for “failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.”

Status: Passed the House 217-204 on January 23. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 30 by Representative Nancy Mace [R-SC] and S. 158 by Senator Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

This bill would subject undocumented people convicted for sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense to deportation

Status: Passed the House 274-145 on January 16, 2025. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 22 by Representative Chip Roy [R-TX] and S. 128 by Senator Mike Lee [R-UT]

The anti-voting rights SAVE Act would require all voters to provide identification to vote and nullify ballots that arrive in the mail after Election Day.

Status: Passed the House 220-208 on April 9, 2025. Awaiting action in the Senate.

No Rogue Rulings Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 1526 by Representative Darrell Issa [R-CA] and a similar bill, Nationwide Injunction Abuse Prevent Act – S. 1099 by Senator Josh Hawley [R-MO]

These bills would bar Federal district judges from issuing nationwide orders that block Executive Orders and administrative policies while their legality is being litigated in court.

Status: Passed the House 219-213 on April 9, 2025. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Equality Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 15 by Representative Mark Takano [D-CA] and S. 1503 by Senator Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

The Equality Act would provide consistent and explicit anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people across key areas of life, including employment, housing, credit, education, public spaces and services, federally funded programs, and jury service.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on April 29, 2025.

Safe Schools Improvement Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 1810 by Representative Linda Sanchez [D-CA] and S. 986 by Senator Tim Kaine [D-VA]

SSIA would require schools to implement comprehensive anti-bullying and harassment policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students, including youth who are bullied or harassed on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Status: Introduced in the House on March 3 and in the Senate on March 1, 2025.

Do No Harm Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 1954 by Representative Bobby Scott [D-VA] and S. 894 by Senator Cory Booker [D-NJ]

The Do No Harm Act would ensure the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) could not be used to undermine existing nondiscrimination protections, including evading workplace and child labor laws, denying access to healthcare, refusing to provide government-funded services under a contract, or refusing to perform duties as a federal worker.

Status:  Introduced in the House and the Senate on March 6, 2025.

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4611 by Representative Ayanna Pressley [D-MA] and S. 2377 by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL]

The (EACH Woman) Act would reverse the Hyde Amendment which restricts federal funding for abortion in most cases. It would restore abortion coverage for those using government-sponsored health plans or providers and protect the ability of private insurance companies to offer abortion coverage without government restrictions.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on July 22, 2025

American Dream and Promise Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 1589 by Representative Sylvia Garcia [D-TX] and S. 3348 by Senators Durbin and Murkowski

This bipartisan, bicameral bill would provide Dreamers conditional permanent residence for 10 years, cancel removal proceedings, and prevent the federal government from penalizing states that grant in-state tuition to undocumented students. Approximately 75,000 Dreamers are LGBTQ+, of whom 36,000 are DACA recipients.

Status:  Introduced in the House on February 27 and the Senate on December 4, 2025.

Transgender Health Care Access Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 2487 by Representative Becky Balint [D-VT]

This bill would train gender affirming care healthcare providers, improve medical education curricula for such care, expand the capacity of Community Health Centers to provide trans healthcare, and connect rural providers with training.

Status: Introduced in the House on March 31, 2025.

Fit To Serve Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3569 by Representative Adam Smith [D-WA] and S. 2006 by Senator Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Fit to Serve would prohibit the Defense Department from involuntarily separating or disqualifying transgender people from service, and bar the armed forces from requiring troops to serve only according to their birth sex. It also would prohibit the military from denying “medically necessary health care coverage” to servicemembers because of their gender identity.

Status: Introduced in the House on May 21 and in the Senate on June 10, 2025.

Repeal of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3740 by Representative Eric Swalwell [D-CA] and Senator Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

This bill would repeal the longstanding immunity for gun manufacturers from accountable for their deadly products and irresponsible business practices that harm people and endanger public safety.

Status: Bicameral introduction on June 4, 2025.

Global Respect Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 6151 by Representative Sarah McBride [D-DE] and S. 2180 by Senator Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

The bipartisan GRA would require the executive branch to identify foreign individuals who commit or are complicit in gross human rights violations against LGBTQI+ people to Congress and authorize the Administration to deny or revoke visas.

Status: Introduced in the Senate on June 26, and in the House on November 19, 2025.

Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4245 by Representative Dina Titus [D-NV] and S. 2231 by Senator Ed Markey [D-MA]

The GLOBE Act would protect and promote LGBTQI rights around the world by selectively using existing sanctions to punish countries that murder and abuse LGBTQI populations, based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and clarify that children born abroad via surrogacy or assisted reproductive technology to US citizen parents are accorded U.S. citizenship.

Status: Introduced in the House on June 27 and in the Senate on July 9, 2025.

International Human Rights Defense Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. TBD by Representative Robert Garcia [D-CA] and S. TBD Senator Ed Markey [D-MA]

This bill would protect LGBTQ+ rights worldwide by requiring the US State Department to anticipate, prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

Status: Introduced in the House on November 17 and in Senate on December 10, 2025.

Chloe Cole Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 5483 by Representative Robert Onder [R-MO] and S. 2907 by Senator Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Prompted by the DOJ, this would provide a private right of action for children and the parents of children “whose healthy body parts have been damaged by medical professionals” who provide gender-affirming care.

Status: Introduced in the House on February 23, 2026

Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 38 by Representative Richard Hudson [R-NC] and S. 65 by Senator John Cornyn [R-TX]

This bicameral bill would allow people who are permitted to carry a concealed handgun in their own state to carry a concealed handgun anywhere— even in states that prohibit concealed weapons, require firearms training, or its background check would have blocked the purchase. In all, 32 states do not require gun training for a permit and 29 states allow concealed carry.

Status:  Introduced in the House on January 3 and in the Senate on January 9, 2025.

Bipartisan Background Checks Act – H.R. 18, by Representative Mike Thompson [D-CA]

This bill prohibits gun sales between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.

Status: Introduced in the House on June 10, 2025.

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances [FACE] Repeal Act (OPPOSE] – H.R.589 by Representative Chip Roy [R-TX] and S.223 by Senator Mike Lee [R-UT]

This bill would repeal the FACE Act, the only federal law protecting patients and providers from threats, harassment, and violence.

Status: Introduced in the House on January 21 and in the Senate of January 23, 2025.

Reuniting Family Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 6565 by Representative Judy Chu [D-CA] and S. 3419 by Senator Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

Millions of immigrants are caught in family-based backlogs. The LGBTQ+ inclusive RFA would recapture unused visas from previous years, exempt spouses, unmarried children under 21, and certain parents of legal permanent residents from visa caps, raise per-country immigration caps, and protect certain immigrant children from “aging out” after the age of 21. It would also expand the cancellation of deportation orders.

Introduced in the House and Senate on December 10, 2025.

PrEP Access and Coverage Act [SUPPORT] – S. 3990 by Senator Adam Schiff [D-CA] and H.R. 7853 by Representative Eric Swalwell [D-CA]

This bill would require private and federal health insurance plans to cover prescription drugs that prevent HIV, including related screenings, fees, and diagnostic procedures and clinical follow-ups without cost-sharing for plan holders. Insurers would be prohibited from imposing preauthorization requirement for coverage or discriminating against people on PrEP and would require federal funding to uninsured/ underinsured individuals’ access to prescription drugs and related services that prevent HIV.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on March 4, 2026.

Secure the Border Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 2 by Representative Diaz-Balart [R-FL] and S. 2824 by Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX]
This anti-immigration bill would reinstate several of former President Trump’s most controversial border policies.

Status: Passed the House 219-213 on May 11, 2023. Introduced in the Senate on January 1, 2024.

Parents Bill of Rights Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 5 by Representative Julia Letlow [R-LA]
This bill would require K-12 schools to make all curricula publicly available and to offer parents lists of all library books and the opportunity to review all instructional and classroom materials.

Status: Passed the House by a vote of 213-208. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Protection of Women and Girls in Sport Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 734 by Representative Gregory Steube [R-FL] and S. 613 by Senator Tommy Tuberville [R-AL]
If enacted, this federal trans and intersex sports ban would effectively ban trans girls and women of all ages from participating on school sports teams and undermine the ability of intersex students to participate in sports as well.

Status: Passed the House by a party-line vote of 219-203 on April 21. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Protect Children’s Innocence Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 1399 by Representative Marjorie Taylor Green [R-GA] and S. 2357 by Senator J.D. Vance [R-OH]
This bill would prohibit physicians from performing transgender medical interventions, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, “genital mutilation, chemical castration, and the sterilization of innocent children.” The bill would classify gender-affirming care (GAC) as a Class C felony (which carries a maximum prison sentence of 12 years and $250,000 in fines), cease all federal funding for GAC, and prohibit higher education institutions from providing instruction on GAC. The Act also creates a civil course of action, so that individuals on whom GAC has been performed can bring a civil lawsuit against the person who performed the procedures.

Status: Introduced in the House on March 7 and in the Senate on July 18.

Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 3887 by Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]
The bill would prohibit any hospital that provides gender-affirming care to minors from receiving federal and state funding under Children’s Hospital graduate medical educations [GME] program.

Status: Introduced in the House on June 7.

Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 7187 by Rep. Gregory Steube [R-FL] and S. 3739 by Sen. Tommy Tuberville [R-AL]

This categorical trans sports ban would require all U.S. national athletics governing bodies — which oversee youth club sports up through Olympic levels — to ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports competitions for girls and women.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on February 1, 2024.

Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 7683 by Rep. Brandon Williams [R-NY]

A portion of this bill would require public colleges and universities to recognize and provide related benefits to student religious groups that discriminate against LGBTQ+ and other minority students even if this violates the school’s nondiscrimination policy.

Status: Introduced in the House on March 15, 2024.

Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 9495 by Representative Claudia Tenney [R-NY]

This deceptively-named bill would to vest unilateral discretion in the Secretary of Treasury to designate a U.S. nonprofit as a “terrorist supporting organization” without conducting a formal audit, requiring the government to provide evidence leaving an accused nonprofit in the dark about what conduct the government believes qualifies as material support or a meaningful opportunity to defend itself.

Status: Passed the House 219-184 on November 21, 2024. Awaiting action in the Senate.

Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 10186 by Representative Nancy Mace [R-SC]

This anti-transgender bill would “ban biological men from using women’s private, protected facilities—such as bathrooms and locker rooms—on all federal property.”

Status: Introduced in the House on November 20, 2024.

Equality Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 15 by Representative Mark Takano (D-CA] and S. 5 by Senator Jeff Merkeley (D-OR)
The Equality Act would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act and other existing federal civil rights laws to explicitly prohibit discrimination in public spaces and services and federally funded programs on the basis of sex, which includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on June 21.

Women’s Health Protection Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 12 by Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) and S. 701 by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
WHPA writes the right to abortion into federal law and provides clear guidance to states and courts about the rights of medical providers to deliver abortion services free from medically unnecessary and burdensome restrictions (waiting periods, ultrasounds, hospital admitting
privilege requirements).

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on March 30.

Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 561 by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and S. 1031 by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
The EACH Act would restore abortion coverage to people who receive health care or insurance through the federal government by repealing the Hyde Amendment and prohibit state or local governments from restricting coverage of abortion by private health insurance plans.

Status: Introduced in the House on January 26 and in the Senate on March 29.

My Body, My Data Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3420 by Representative Sara Jacobs [D-CA] and S. 1656 by Senator Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
This bill would limit the amount of personal reproductive health data collected by apps and websites could be used to target or arrest people if abortion is criminalized, including menstruation, ovulation, and pregnancy tracking apps each month. It would create a new national standard to protect personal reproductive health data, enforced by the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC).

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on May 17.

Do No Harm Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 2725 by Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) and S. 1206 by Senator Cory Booker [D-NJ]
The Do No Harm Act would clarify that the original intent of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protects religious exercise but cannot be used to violate civil rights.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on April 18.

Assault Weapons Ban [SUPPORT] – H.R. 698 by Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) and S. 25 by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
This bill would prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer, importation, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device.

Status: Introduced in the Senate on January 23. A near-identical bill was introduced in the House on February 1.

Repeal of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4184 by Representative Adam Schiff [D-CA] and S. 2048 by Senator Blumenthal [D-CT]
Repealing PLCAA would shield bad actors within the gun industry from being held accountable for dangerous products or irresponsible business practices that harm people and endanger public safety. PLCAA gives the gun lobby’s corporate donors special protections that are not afforded to other industries, and it should be repealed.

Status: Introduced in the House on June 15 and the Senate on June 20.

U.S. Citizenship Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3194 by Representative Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
This comprehensive immigration reform bill would provide an earned path to citizenship, address the root causes of migration, and reform the visa system and prohibit discrimination against LGTBQ+ people and families. It would make it easier for graduates of U.S. universities with advanced STEM degrees stay in the U.S. and improve access to green cards for low-wage workers.

Status: Introduced in the House on May 10.

Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4170 by Representative Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
The Lifting Immigrant Families [LIFT] Through Benefits Access Restoration [BAR] Act would eliminate the 5-year bar for eligibility for access to critical health and social services – specifically Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP – for lawfully-present people with “green cards,” DACA beneficiaries, crime victims, COFA migrants, child maltreatment victims, and orphans who hold
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.

Status: Introduced in the House on June 15.

Border Security and Enforcement Act [OPPOSE] – H.R. 2640 by Representative Tom McClintock [R-CA]
This anti-immigration bill would expand the number of felonies and misdemeanors that would make most ineligible for asylum protections; mandate detention for family units crossing the border without prior authorization for the duration of their legal process, incl detention for
minors; raise penalties for visa overstays; and crack down on immigrant workers.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on April 17.

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 556 Representative Barbara Lee [D-CA] and S. 142 by Senator Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
The Global HER Act would permanently repeal the global gag rule which prohibits NGOs from receiving U.S. international development assistance if they use non-U.S. funds to advocate for/provide abortion services, even if abortion is legal in both the US and the country where the service is being provided.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on January 28.

International Human Rights Defense Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 1833 by Representative Robert Garcia [D-CA] and S. 1007 by Senator Ed Markey [D-MA]
This bill codifies the position of Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons at the State Department; requires the Department to develop a global strategy to respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ persons internationally; and codifies reporting on the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in the State Department Country
reports.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on March 28.

Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4050 by Representative Dina Titus [D-NV] and S. 1924 by Senator Ed Markey [D-MA]
The GLOBE Act would protect and promote LGBTQI rights around the world by using existing sanctions to punish countries that abuse LGBTQI people, ensure U.S. foreign assistance and global health programs include LGBTQI people, decriminalize LGBTQI status in rule-of-law programs, ensure fair access to asylum/ refugee programs for LGBTQI people who face persecution, direct the State Department to issue non-binary (X-markers) on US passports, and clarify that children born abroad surrogacy or assisted reproductive technology to legally-married US citizen couples are awarded U.S. citizenship.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on June 9.

Global Respect Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4422 by Representative Sara Jacobs [D-CA] and S. 1960 by Senators Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
The bipartisan GRA would impose visa sanctions on foreign individuals who have committed gross human rights violations against LGBTQI+ people. It also contains data reporting requirements.

Status: Introduced in the Senate on June 13. Introduction in the House on June 30.

Name Accuracy in Credit Reporting Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 2444 by Representative Ayana Pressley [D-MA] and S. 2592 Senator John Fetterman [D-PA]
Many transgender and nonbinary consumers encounter serious problems with their credit reports after a legal first name change. This bill would prohibit credit bureaus from disclosing former names in credit reports used by lenders, landlords, or hiring managers.

Status: Introduced in the House on March 30.

Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3583 by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and S. 1697 Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
This LGBTQ-inclusive bill would provide funding for high-quality, culturally competent sex education and improve access to care. It also eliminates the harmful “abstinence-only-until-marriage” Title V state grant program and redirects such funding to pay for the new grants.

Status: Introduced in the House on May 18 and in the Senate on May 22.

LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 3970 by Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and S. 1839 by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
This bill would facilitate the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed demographic data on sexual orientation, gender and variations in sex characteristics (intersex traits) in all federal surveys.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on June 9.

Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4340 by Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) and S. 2176 by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
The bill would prohibit commercial conversion therapy and does not apply to treatment that assists an individual undergoing a gender transition or facilitates identity exploration and development.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on June 23.

PrEP Access and Coverage Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4392 by Representative Adam Schiff [D-CA] and S. 2188 by Senator Tina Smith [D-MN]
This bill would require private health insurance plans to cover prescription drugs that prevent HIV, including related screenings, diagnostic procedures, fees, and clinical follow-ups, without cost-sharing for the plan holder. Coverage requirements would also apply to Medicare, Medicaid,
and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Insurers would be prohibited from imposing preauthorization requirements for coverage, and from denying or qualifying coverage or increasing premiums for disability, long-term care, or life insurance policies for people on PrEP. It would require also federal funding to uninsured/ underinsured individuals’ access to prescription drugs and related services that prevent HIV.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on June 27.

Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 4391 by Representative Adam Schiff [D-CA]
The bill would amend and modernize the IRS tax code to allow for LGBTQ+ individuals and couples to deduct the costs of medical expenses related to assisted reproduction treatments and surrogacy arrangements, including in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

Status: Introduced in the House on June 27.

Commission on Equity and Reconciliation [SUPPORT] – H.R. 5610 by Representative Mark Takano (D-CA) and S. 2863 by Senator Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
This bill would establish a commission to investigate the historic and ongoing impact of military discrimination on LGBTQ servicemembers and veterans.

Status: Introduced in the House and Senate on September 20, 2023.

Reuniting Families Act [SUPPORT] – H.R. 5560 by Representative Judy Chu (D-CA)
RFA seeks to help the nearly 4 million people caught in family-based backlogs by more than doubling the number of family-preference visas, raising existing yearly per-country visa limits so the wait is not so long for countries with high levels of migration, and setting a time limit of visa
processing so no immigrant has to wait more than 10 years for a visa if they have an approved application. The LGBTQ+ inclusive legislative text reclassifies “immediate relatives” to include spouses and minor children of green card holders, ending the counting of derivatives against the visa caps, and eliminating certain permanent bars to re-entry.

Status: Introduced in the House on September 19, 2023.

Pride in Mental Health Act [SUPPORT] – S. 3949, by Senator Laphonza Butler [D-CA]
The bill would provide funding for Mental Health and substance use services for LGBTQ youth, improve cultural competency training for caregivers, and integrate behavioral health services for LGBTQ+ youth in school as well as bullying prevention guidelines.

Status: Introduced in the Senate on March 14, 2024.

Silver State Equality supported the following priority pro-equality state legislation in 2023:

Protections for Incarcerated Trans People – Senate Bill 153 by Senator Melanie Scheible

Senate Bill 153 would require the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) to create rules regulating the care and treatment of transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex incarcerated persons. The bill will require the Director of NDOC to create rules based on nationally recognized best practices and standards of care. SB 153 prohibits discrimination against trans and gender diverse individuals and requires facility staff to engage in cultural competency training for interacting with incarcerated individuals who identify as transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary or intersex.

Status: Governor signed into law

Insurance Coverage for Gender Affirming Care – Senate Bill 163 by Senator Melanie Scheible

Senate Bill 163 would make it illegal for certain public and private health insurance providers, including Medicaid, to discriminate against people based on their gender identity or perceived gender identity when issuing health care plans and agreements for participation in and coverage of gender-affirming care.

Status: Governor signed into law.

Adolescent Access to Affirmative Care – Senate Bill 172 by Senator Dallas Harris

Senate Bill 172 would allow a minor to give consent to a licensed healthcare provider or clinic to provide preventative care and services related to sexually transmitted diseases, including prescriptions and contraceptive drugs, without the consent or notification of a parent or legal guardian.

Status: Governor Signed Into Law

Marriage Certificate Name Change – Senate Bill 211 by Senator Dallas Harris

Senate Bill 211 would make it possible for someone to request that the name on their marriage certificate be changed by the county clerk or county recorder beyond the time of the initial issuance of the marriage license if the marriage was performed in the state of Nevada.

Status: Governor Signed Into Law

Gender Affirming Care Shield Law – Senate Bill 302 by Senator James Ohrenschall

Senate Bill 302 would allow health care providers to provide gender-affirming care without a health care licensing board disqualifying or disciplining them for providing or assisting with gender-affirming services. Moreover, health care providers who are licensed to practice in a state that has a ban on gender affirming services and who are also licensed in Nevada may provide gender affirming services in accordance with Nevada law and not have another state, territory, or the District of Columbia place a judgment, discipline, or threaten or sanction them for providing or assisting with gender affirming services in Nevada.

SB 302 would not allow the Governor of Nevada to surrender or issue a warrant for the arrest of anyone in Nevada who is charged in another state for providing gender-affirming care or seeking gender-affirming care for themselves or their child. Under SB 302, a state agency in Nevada would not be allowed to provide any information or spend time, money, facilities, property, equipment, personnel, or other resources of the state of Nevada to further the investigation or proceedings initiated in another state regarding gender-affirming services.

Status: Vetoed by Governor.

HIV Modernization – Senate Bill 439 by Senator Dallas Harris

Senate Bill 439 is a public health omnibus bill that builds upon the policy changes to communicable diseases, including HIV, in 2021 that decriminalized and destigmatized HIV as a communicable disease in the law by continuing the work to decriminalize and destigmatize HIV and increase access to care, treatment and education by removing certain barriers. The bill aims to address various topics and situations to further modernize Nevada’s laws on HIV exposure and treatment by aligning laws with what is known about HIV and other communicable diseases, based on science, medical advancements, and practice.

Status: Governor Signed Into Law

Silver State Equality supported the following priority pro-equality state legislation in 2021:

 

Multi-Parent Adoption – Assembly Bill 115 by Assemblymember Rochelle Nguyen

AB 115 will allow more than two adults to be formally and legally recognized as parents through an adoption. Families, of diverse backgrounds, often have more than two adults who are actively engaged in parental duties and responsibilities, these families should be afforded certain legal rights and options in order to provide stability for their families. This legislation will ensure the familial relationship is recognized by law.

Status: Signed into law by Governor Sisolak, June 8, 2021

SOGI Data Collection – Senate Bill 109 by Senator Pat Spearman

Senate Bill 109 will require government agencies in Nevada to request information related to sexual orientation and gender identity from the individuals it serves. Additionally, agencies will be required to report the data to the Legislative Counsel Bureau on an annual basis. Ultimately, the accurate and efficient collection of this information will Nevada’s ability to provide public services.

Status: Signed into law by Governor Sisolak, June 6, 2021

HIV Modernization – Senate Bill 275 by Senator Dallas Harris

Senate Bill 257 will create a framework for recognizing HIV as a public health issue, rather than a criminal one. SB 275 also encourages increased HIV testing, treatment and the use of other preventative options that will help to reduce the spread of HIV and finally end the 40-year epidemic. Modernization of HIV criminal laws — like those in Nevada that SB 275 seeks to amend — is supported by public health officials, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and a bipartisan group of elected officials and civil rights leaders across the country.

Status: Signed into law by Governor Sisolak, June 6, 2021

Silver State Equality supported the following pro-equality state legislation in 2021:

Senate Bill 148, Sponsored by Senator Dallas Harris

This bill requires law enforcement agencies to submit records of hate crimes on a monthly basis to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History. SB 148 strengthens hate crimes reporting in the state of Nevada.

Status: This bill passed with bipartisan support and was approved by the Governor on May 25, 2021.

Senate Bill 325, Sponsored by Senator James Settelmeyer

SB 325 is related to the prevention of HIV through testing and coverage for drugs needed to prevent the spread of HIV.

Status: This bill passed with bipartisan support and delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2021.

Senate Bill 166, Sponsored by Senator Melanie Scheible

Senate Bill 166 requires additional penalties for crimes committed on the basis of perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person or group of persons.

Status: Approved by the Governor on June 2, 2021.

Senate Bill 211, Sponsored by Senator Dallas Harris and Senator Joseph Hardy

This bill requires providers of emergency medical services in a hospital or primary care to consult with patients as to whether they would like to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

Status: This bill was passed with bipartisan support and approved by the Governor on June 4, 2021.

Senate Bill 108, Sponsored by Senate Committee on Judiciary

This bill requires the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt implicit bias training for their staff that comes in contact with juveniles who are involved in the juvenile justice system in Nevada.

Status: This bill was approved by the Governor on June 4, 2021.

Senate Bill 254, Sponsored by Senator Dina Neal

SB 254 Strengthens provisions relating to discrimination in housing by authorizing the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to enter into certain agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Commission to investigate and enforce laws relating to fair housing as a certified agency under federal law.

Status: Vetoed by Governor Sisolak on June 11, 2021.

Senate Bill 237, Sponsored by Senator Melanie Schieble and Senator Dallas Harris

SB 237 is related to businesses; revising provisions relating to policies, programs and procedures intended to encourage and promote certain business enterprises to require such programs to include LGBTQ-owned businesses.

Status: Approved by the Governor on Sunday, June 6, 2021.

Senate Bill 188, Sponsored by Senator Pat Spearman

SB 188 requires the Office of the State Treasurer to establish the Individual Development Account Program under which certain individuals with low-income and certain children will benefit from.

Status: This bill was approved by the Governor on June 2, 2021.

Senate Bill 222, Sponsored by Senator Melanie Schieble

This bill requires certain state agencies to designated a diversity and inclusion liaison and requires the Office of Minority Health and Equity of the Department of Health and Human Services, NV Commission on Minority Affairs of the Department of Business and Industry and the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor to facilitate and annual meeting between D&I liaisons and minority groups.

Status: Passed and delivered to the Governor on May 27, 2021.

Senate Bill 194, Sponsored by Senator Roberta Lange

This bill is related to education and establishes a State Seal of Civics Program. It requires various communities be included in the standards of content and performance for ethnic and diversity studies.

Status: This bill was approved by the Governor on June 3, 2021.

Senate Bill 347, Sponsored by Senator Melanie Scheible, et al

SB 347 strengthens provisions governing sexual misconduct in institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education. This bill also creates the Task Force on Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education.

Status: This bill was approved by the Governor on June 9, 2021.

Senate Bill 390, Sponsored by the Committee on Health and Human Services

This bill provides for the establishment of suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.

Status: This was approved by the Governor on June 4, 2021.

Assembly Bill 371, Sponsored by Assemblywoman Brittney Miller, et al

AB 371 establishes provisions related to discrimination based on race in schools. This includes bullying and cyberbullying.

Status: This bill is enrolled and delivered to the Governor on June 3, 2021.

Assembly Bill 261, Sponsored by Assemblywoman Natha Anderson, et al

AB 261 requires instruction to be provided to students enrolled in K-12 related to historically underrepresented groups including, Native Americans, LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, refugees, AAPI community, Black community, Hispanic community, etc.

Status: This bill passed on May 25, 2021 and was approved by the Governor on May 29, 2021.

Assembly Bill 280, Sponsored by Assemblywoman Sarah Peters

AB 280 required places of public accommodation, public buildings, and facilities, that are owned by a public body to provide single-stall restrooms accessible to any person of any gender identity or expression.

Status: This bill was passed with bipartisan support and approved by the Governor on June 4, 2021.

Assembly Bill 327, Sponsored by Assemblywoman Selena Torres, et al

AB 327 requires certain mental health professionals to complete continuing education related to cultural competency and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Status: This bill passed with bipartisan support and was approved by the Governor on May 28, 2021.

Assembly Bill 191, Sponsored by Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

Requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for the services of a community health worker under certain circumstances.

Status: This was approved by the Governor on June 4, 2021.

Senate Joint Resolution 8, Sponsored by Senator Nicole Cannizzaro, et al

This bill amends the Nevada Constitution to guarantee equal rights and prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of sex and other characteristics.

Status: Enrolled and delivered to the Secretary of State. SJR 8 will be on the 2022 ballot.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Sponsored by Senator Pat Spearman

Urges action to address the public health crisis in Nevada.

Status: Passed, enrolled, and delivered to Secretary of State on May 21, 2021.

Silver State Equality supported the following state legislation in 2019:

 

GAY AND TRANSGENDER PANIC DEFENSE BAN – SB 97 BY THE NEVADA YOUTH LEGISLATURE

Supporting the Nevada Youth Legislature, Silver State Equality helped to pass legislation to ban the so-called “gay and trans panic defense” — an offensive legal strategy in which someone who attacks an LGBTQ person could argue that the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity provoked them to commit the crime.

Status: SIGNED by Governor Sisolak on May 14, 2019.

ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON HIV EXPOSURE MODERNIZATION — SB 284 BY SENATORS PARKS, BROOKS, SPEARMAN, CANCELA, DENIS, DONDERO LOOP, D. HARRIS, RATTI, SCHEIBLE AND WOODHOUSE

This legislation creates the Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Modernization, the first step toward modernizing Nevada’s HIV-specific criminal laws.

Status: SIGNED by Governor Sisolak on May 17, 2019.

Silver State Equality has taken positions on the following federal legislation, with additional bills and resolutions to be added as they are introduced:

 

EQUALITY ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 5 BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVID CICILLINE (D-RI) AND S.788 BY SENATOR JEFF MERKELEY (D-OR)

The Equality Act would provide federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people across the country by amending existing federal civil rights laws (including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Jury Selection and Services Act) to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
Status: Passed by the House 236-173 with bipartisan support. Awaiting consideration by the Senate.

DREAM AND AMERICAN PROMISE ACT OF 2019 (SUPPORT) – H.R. 6 BY REPRESENTATIVE LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)

The DREAM and American Promise Act would give Dreamers (immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before their 18th birthday and before Dec 31, 2016, an opportunity to apply for permanent legal status if they meet certain requirements. It would also provide relief for recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients.
Status: Passed by the House 237-187 with bipartisan support. Awaiting consideration by the Senate.

BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2019 (SUPPORT) – H.R. 8 BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA) AND S. 42 BY SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT)

The commonsense Bipartisan Background Checks Act would require background checks on all firearm sales, thereby helping to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and closing the dangerous loopholes that currently allow the no-questions-asked sale of weapons at gun shows and online.
Status: Passed by the House 240-190. Introduced in the Senate.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 1585 BY REPRESENTATIVE KAREN BASS (D-CA)

This bipartisan bill would give states additional funding to prosecute sexual and domestic violence offenders and enables states to qualify for money to provide critical services to victims who are members of groups that are disproportionately targeted, including Native Americans, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community. The bill also reauthorizes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, providing critical support for victims of human trafficking and helping to bring those responsible to justice.
Status: Passed by the House 263-158.

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, AMENDMENT 399 (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2500 BY REP. JACKIE SPEIER (D-CA)

This amendment to the annual military spending bill would require that qualifications for eligibility to serve in an armed force account only for the ability of an individual to meet gender-neutral occupational standards and not include any criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity or sexual orientation) of an individual.
Status: Passed by the House. Awaiting consideration by the Senate.

EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO BANNING SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES BY OPENLY TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS (SUPPORT) – H.RES. 124 BY REPRESENTATIVE JOE KENNEDY (D-MA)

This non-binding resolution expresses opposition to President Trump’s transgender military ban and urges the Department of Defense not to move forward with its implementation and to instead maintain an inclusive policy allowing qualified transgender servicemembers to enlist and serve openly in the military.
Status: Passed in the House on a bipartisan vote of 238-185. Awaiting consideration by the Senate.

GREATER LEADERSHIP OVERSEAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF EQUALITY (GLOBE) ACT (SUPPORT) –H.R. 3874 BY REPRESENTATIVE DINA TITUS (D-NV)

This proposal would reinstate U.S. leadership in protecting and promoting LGBTQI rights around the world by codifying Obama Administration tools (issuing LGBTQI-specific human rights reports, an interagency focus group on LGBTQI issues, and appointing a Special Envoy for LGBTQI Human Rights). It would also enable the use of existing sanctions to punish countries that abuse LGBTQI people, ensure that U.S. foreign assistance and global health programs are inclusive of LGBTQI populations, decriminalize LGBTQI status, conduct, or expression, and ensure fair access to asylum and refugee programs for LGBTQI people who face persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Status: Introduced in the House.

DO NO HARM ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 1450 BY REPRESENTATIVES JOE KENNEDY (D-MA) AND ROBERT “BOBBY” SCOTT (D-VA) AND S. 593 BY SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA)

This bill would clarify that the original intent of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act was to protect religious exercise, and cannot be used to violate civil rights by using the justification of religious exemptions.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

EVERY CHILD DESERVES A FAMILY ACT OF 2019 (SUPPORT) – H.R 3114 BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS (D-GA) AND S. 1791 BY SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-NY)

This comprehensive bill would prohibit federally-funded child welfare service providers from discriminating against children, families, and individuals based on religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity; Ban conversion therapy for foster youth; Require data collection on LGBTQ foster youth and parents; and Require federally funded child welfare to be affirming of foster children’s complex social identities, including their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2975 AND S. 1645 BY REPRESENTATIVE JUDY CHU (D-CA) AND SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D-CT)

The W.H.P.A. would protect health care providers’ ability to deliver abortion services free from medically unnecessary and onerous restrictions, such as needless waiting periods, burdensome admitting privilege requirements for providers, or unnecessary medical procedures, like ultrasounds.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

LGBTQ DATA INCLUSION ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 3509 AND S. 1980 BY REP. RAUL GRIJALVA (D-AZ) AND SEN. TAMMY BALDWIN (D-WI)

Sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the Senate, this proposal would require all federal population surveys to collect voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

THERAPEUTIC FRAUD PREVENTION ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 3570 BY REPRESENTATIVE TED LIEU (D-CA)

This bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to treat the advertising of conversion therapy as a fraudulent medical practice.
Status: Introduced in the House.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 1857 BY REPRESENTATIVE ALAN LOWENTHAL (D-CA) AND S. 861  BY SENATOR ED MARKEY (D-MA)

This proposal would direct the Department of State to create a permanent “Special Envoy on the Human Rights of LGBTI People” position to coordinate all federal programs for the defense of human rights for the LGBTQ community internationally ,and to prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against LGBTQ people around the world.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

REAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTHY YOUTH ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2720 AND S. 1524 BY REP. BARBARA LEE (D-CA) AND SEN. CORY BOOKER (D-NJ)

The bill would fund teacher training for LGBTQ-inclusive sexual health education for young people, and eliminate federal funding for ‘abstinence-only-until-marriage’ sex education.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

NATIONAL ORIGIN-BASED ANTI-DISCRIMINATION FOR NONIMMIGRANTS “NO BAN” ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2214 BY REPRESENTATIVE JUDY CHU (D-CA) AND S. 1123 BY SENATOR CHRIS COONS (D-DE)

This bill seeks to limit presidential power and increase accountability under the Immigration and Nationality Act by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of religion and national origin whenever a president suspends the entry of individuals into the U.S.
Status: Introduced in the House.

EQUAL ACCESS TO ABORTION COVERAGE IN HEALTH INSURANCE (EACH WOMAN) ACT OF 2019 (SUPPORT) – H.R. 1692 BY REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA LEE (D-CA) AND S. 758 BY SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-IL)

This proposal would restore abortion coverage to women who receive health care or insurance through the federal government by repealing the Hyde Amendment, and prohibit state or local governments from restricting coverage of abortion by private health insurance plans.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

PROHIBITION OF MEDICAID FUNDING FOR CONVERSION THERAPY (SUPPORT) – H.R. 1981 BY REPRESENTATIVE SEAN PATRICK MALONEY (D-NY)

This proposal would prohibit the use of Medicaid funding for so-called conversion therapy, and also require the HHS Centers for Medicaid Services to ensure that these practices are not billed to Medicaid using misleading or false billing codes.
Status: Introduced in the House.

SAFE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2653 AND S. 2548 BY REP. LINDA SANCHEZ (D-CA) AND SEN. ROBERT CASEY (D-PA)

SSIA would require schools to implement comprehensive anti-bullying and harassment policies that ensure the safety and well-being of their students, including youth who are bullied or harassed on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

JUROR NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT/JURY ACCESS ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 874 BY REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA) AND S. 250 BY SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH)

The bill would prohibit the preemptory challenge of potential jurors based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.

PROTECTING LGBTQ YOUTH ACT (SUPPORT) – H.R. 2775 AND S. 1073 BY REP. DONNA SHALALA (D-FL) AND SEN. TIM KAINE (D-VA)

This amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act would explicitly include the maltreatment and neglect of LGBTQ youth and require data collection to include sexual orientation and gender identity of children who enter the child welfare system.
Status: Introduced in the House and Senate.