119th Congress
S. 2859
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- James Lankford(R-OK)
- Introduced
- Sep 18, 2025
- Policy area
- Education
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (30)
Original cosponsors (25)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- G000359
Added later (5)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA) · Sep 19, 2025
- M001190 · Sep 19, 2025
- John Hoeven (R-ND) · Sep 29, 2025
- James C. Justice (R-WV) · Dec 2, 2025
- Mike Lee (R-UT) · Jun 17, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. - Sep 18, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734) - Sep 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate