Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
U.S. Congress · S2859 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-09-18. Latest action: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Summary (plain-language)
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.
Sponsors
- James Lankford (primary)
- Marsha Blackburn
- Jim Banks
- Ted Budd
- Katie Boyd Britt
- Mike Crapo
- Shelley Moore Capito
- John Cornyn
- Bill Cassidy
- Tom Cotton
- Kevin Cramer
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Joni Ernst
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith
- Josh Hawley
- James C. Justice
- John Kennedy
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- Mike Lee
- Markwayne Mullin
- James E. Risch
- Mike Rounds
- Pete Ricketts
- Tim Scott
- Rick Scott
- Thom Tillis
- Todd Young
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate — 2025-09-18 — XML
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. |
| 2025-09-18 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-09-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734) |