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Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced
Summary
Expands and standardizes campus anti-harassment policies, explicitly covering electronic messaging, mobile services, and institution-operated networks. It requires colleges to publish clear procedures, name responsible offices, and record patterns of harassment so incidents and follow-up actions are documented.
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- Students and survivors: Colleges must provide step-by-step reporting procedures, notification of disciplinary outcomes to both accuser and accused, and information on counseling and mental-health services on campus and in the community.
- Institutions: Participating institutions must adopt new definitions and reporting formats, prohibit harassment across on-campus, off-campus, and electronic settings, and designate an employee or office to receive and track reports.
- Grant recipients and communities: Creates an Anti-Harassment Competitive Grant Program to fund prevention, counseling, training, and redress services. Grants may run up to 3 years with one 2-year renewal, require evaluations, and support a published best-practices report.
*Authorizes $50.0 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2031 to fund the competitive grant program.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Federal grants for campus anti-harassment
This bill would create a competitive grant program run by the Education Department. It would authorize $50,000,000 per year for each fiscal year 2026 through 2031. Colleges, consortia, and college partnerships with nonprofits could apply. Grants would fund prevention, counseling, redress services, and training for students, faculty, and staff. Awards would last up to 3 years and can be renewed once for up to 2 more years. Grantees must evaluate programs and report within 6 months after the grant ends. The Secretary would report to Congress annually and publish an evidence-based best-practices guide.
New college anti-harassment policies
This bill would require most colleges that take federal funds to make and share a written anti-harassment policy. The policy would ban harassment based on race, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, religion, and other listed traits. It would cover campus spaces, dorms, public and noncampus property, school activities, institution email and networks, and harassment carried out through electronic messaging and mobile services. Schools would have to explain how to report, name a staff contact to track reports, state possible sanctions, tell both accuser and accused the outcome, and notify about counseling and mental-health services. Schools must also report each identified pattern of harassment and the action taken.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Murray, Patty [D-WA]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
WI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
RI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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