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SRES 53 118th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination State and local government operations

A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.

Introduced: February 9, 2023 Introduced by: Hyde-Smith, Cindy Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S331)
Feb 9, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that (1) for purposes of federal law, an individual's sex means the individual's biological sex at birth; and (2) distinctions between the sexes are justified in certain settings, laws, and policies.

What's happening now February 9, 2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S331)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 115 Identical bill Establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 6
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Sep 5, 2023
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · May 2, 2023
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Britt, Katie Boyd
Alabama · Feb 9, 2023
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Feb 9, 2023
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Feb 9, 2023
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 9, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 53: A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-53/
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"S. Res. 53: A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-53/.
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S. Res. 53, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-53/.
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