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Equal Campus Access Act of 2026
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Sep 16, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.
- Sep 16, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-833.
- Jun 25, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
- Jun 25, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Sep 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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