Fit to Serve Act
Sponsored By: Representative Smith (WA)
Introduced
Summary
Makes gender identity a protected characteristic in the Armed Forces. The Fit to Serve Act would add a new section to Title 10 that bans actions against service members based on gender identity, including a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
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- Current service members: Would prohibit involuntary separation and other adverse actions tied to a member's gender identity. This keeps personnel decisions from being based on gender‑related identity or characteristics.
- Applicants and reenlistees: Would bar using gender identity to deny accession, reenlistment, or continuation of service. Qualifications for service could not be set or enforced on that basis.
- Medical care: Would forbid denying medically necessary health care coverage to a member because of their gender identity. That includes coverage decisions tied to gender‑related diagnoses.
- Policy implementation: The protections apply across six specific categories of Secretary action, and define "gender identity" to cover appearance, mannerisms, and related characteristics.
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No gender identity discrimination in military
If enacted, the military could not discriminate based on gender identity, including a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of gender dysphoria. It would stop setting service qualifications that exclude people for that reason. It would bar denying enlistment, reenlistment, or continuation of service on that basis. It would bar involuntary separation and forcing someone to serve as their sex assigned at birth. It would also bar denying medically necessary health care coverage for that reason. Gender identity would mean your gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms, regardless of sex at birth.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/21/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
CT • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 6/2/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 6/6/2025
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/27/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 12/19/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 12/19/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 12/19/2025
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Crockett
TX • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/22/2026
Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
CO • D
Sponsored 4/22/2026
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