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Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.
Sponsored By: Representative Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced
Summary
A federal "Transgender Bill of Rights" to codify and protect the rights of transgender and nonbinary people. It aims to lock in access to medical care, legal identity, housing, employment, and safety across federal laws and programs.
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- Families and youth gain protections for gender-affirming care and against harmful practices. The resolution would prohibit health-care discrimination, remove unnecessary government limits on care, protect supportive parents, ban conversion practices, and push for more trained providers and telehealth access.
- Workers, renters, and borrowers would see clearer federal civil-rights coverage. It calls for amending Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to bar discrimination based on gender identity and sex characteristics.
- Legal identity, military service, and safety measures would be eased. The resolution directs simpler federal document changes including self-attestation and an "X" marker, requires TRICARE and the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover gender-affirming care, improves detention and asylum protections, and creates a Justice Department liaison plus funding for enforcement. It also asks federal surveys to collect voluntary gender identity data and centers transgender-led policy input.
*The resolution directs agencies to rewrite rules and expand enforcement to protect transgender and nonbinary people across health, civil rights, and public safety.*
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Better military health and discharge reviews
If adopted, the resolution would state that transgender and nonbinary people should be able to serve openly in the military. It would also call for review and reclassification of military discharges for transgender and nonbinary veterans. TRICARE and the Department of Veterans Affairs would be required to pay for gender-affirming health care, and telehealth access would be expanded to underserved areas.
Safer housing and care in custody
If adopted, housing for transgender and nonbinary people in jails, prisons, and immigration detention would be decided based on individualized safety needs. Caseworkers and the individual's safety assessment would help guide placements. Detention and correctional officials would also be pushed to improve access to gender-affirming care and gender-consistent commissary items.
Expand health care access and protections
If adopted, the resolution would push to recruit and train more health providers to care for transgender and nonbinary patients. It would reopen the NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office and expand mental-health and suicide-prevention programs. The resolution would ban harmful conversion practices and nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children, promote voluntary gender-identity data for public-health use, and protect providers who follow recognized standards of care.
Immigration relief for gender claims
If adopted, immigration authorities would treat persecution for gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics as protected grounds for asylum and other relief. Adjudicators would get cultural competency training to reduce bias. The resolution would also require that identity or sex characteristics not be used to an applicant's detriment during proceedings.
More enforcement for transgender rights
If adopted, the Attorney General would name a Civil Rights Division liaison for transgender and nonbinary issues. The resolution would also appropriate funds to fully staff and support enforcement of civil-rights protections across federal agencies. This would strengthen agencies' ability to investigate and coordinate cases.
Stronger nondiscrimination and ID updates
If adopted, the resolution would expand federal sex discrimination rules to explicitly cover gender identity and sex characteristics across jobs, housing, credit, schools, and public places. It would broaden the definition of public accommodation and limit religious defenses that allow discrimination in federally funded programs. Federal IDs that ask gender would offer an "X" marker, and agencies would remove unnecessary gender requirements and ease name and gender updates on passports and Social Security records, allowing self-attestation where possible.
Protect children from forced removal
If adopted, the resolution would call for protections to prevent children from being forcefully removed from supportive homes because of gender-identity issues. The goal would be to keep children with families when that is in the child's best interest. The resolution does not define specific legal standards or funding in the text provided.
Same-day voter updates and registration
If adopted, States would have to let people update their name and gender on voter registration records. States would also have to allow same-day registration and voting in Federal elections. The resolution does not specify who pays for implementation.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/2/2026
Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/24/2026
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
CO • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
DE • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. Mejia, Analilia [D-NJ-11]
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/29/2026
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/2/2026
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
MN • D
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/13/2026
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