Senate Bill 2859
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 18, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2859
Congress
119
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
September 18, 2025
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03/19/2026
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
09/18/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)
09/18/2025
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jul 23, 2026 3:19:02 PM