# 119-s-2876: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025

119-s-2876, Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2876
- Congress: 119
- Title: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (23)

- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal grants for campus anti-harassment: benefit, medium. 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,…
- New college anti-harassment policies: benefit, medium. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2876 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2876)

## Related
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2876 (as of 2026-04-21).