{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-5505","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":5505,"title":"Equal Campus Access Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-09-18","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"W000798","fullName":"Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]","party":"R","state":"MI","district":5}],"cosponsorsCount":12,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-06-25","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15."},"policyArea":"Education","subjects":["Education programs funding","Higher education","Religion","School administration"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-06-25","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-06-25","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-18","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-18","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Equal Campus Access Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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. </p><p>Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization&nbsp;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.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-31T08:05:45Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":376,"ts":"2026-08-28T10:47:21.789Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Equal%20Campus%20Access%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}