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H.R. 2555119th CongressEducation
Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN) · 43 active : 35 Republicans, 8 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 682.
Where it standsBefore the House32 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFreedom of Association in Higher Education Act of
2025
This bill establishes freedom of association protections for college students in single-sex social organizations.
Specifically, the bill gives students (or groups of students) enrolled at institutions of higher education (IHEs) the right to form or join social organizations, including single-sex social organizations.
Additionally, the bill prohibits IHEs that participate in federal student aid programs from
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taking adverse actions against single-sex social organizations or students who are members or prospective members of such organizations based solely on the practice of limiting membership to only individuals of one sex;
taking actions that require or coerce members or prospective members of such organizations to waive protections provided under the bill, including as a condition of enrolling in the IHE; or
imposing a recruitment restriction on a single-sex social organization that is not imposed upon other student organizations, unless the organization and IHE have entered into a written agreement allowing the restriction.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Higher education
- School administration
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
43 active · 3 withdrawnShow all 46 cosponsors
- Robert Garcia (D-CA-42) · withdrawn
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)
- Russell Fry (R-SC-7)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)
- Mike D. Rogers (R-AL-3)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA-2) · withdrawn
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5)
- David J. Taylor (R-OH-2)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
