Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 3/19/2026
Actions
- 2026-03-19Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- 2025-09-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)
- 2025-09-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-09-18 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Katie Britt (R-AL)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Religion
- School administration
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