Bill Detail
S. 2859
Congress: 119
Title
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
Summary
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.
Sponsor
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Status
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Status as of Sep 22, 1:22 PM · synced 9d ago
Introduced
2025-09-18
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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 educati…
Lobbyists on the case
- American Council on Education1 filing · 5 lobs
- Jonathan Fansmith2026 Q1
- Emmanual Guillory2026 Q1
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