S. 2859 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
Cosponsors: 30 (0 D, 30 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-09
Introduced: 2025-09-18
Latest action (2026-03-19): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
What S. 2859 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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