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S 1590 114th Congress Senate

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 17, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Employment discrimination and employee rightsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationWomen's employmentWomen's health
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Jun 17, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 17, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 17, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act

Amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protect against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace to provide for women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions to be treated the same for all employment-related purposes as any other persons who are applicants for employment with, or employees of, the same employer in work that is performed under similar working conditions and who are not so affected but are similar in their temporary ability or inability to work.

Makes such treatment applicable to existing prohibited categories of employment discrimination on the basis of sex or because of sex.

Prohibits this treatment from permitting a labor organization to cause an employer to commit an unlawful employment practice against an employee in violation of such provisions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2800 Identical bill Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jun 17, 2015
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 17, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1590: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1590/
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"S. 1590: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1590/.
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