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S. 839 119th Congress Senate

Safeguarding Honest Speech Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the preferred pronou… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal name of such individual, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Mar 4, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 16

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
    for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
    for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
    for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • THE MCMANUS GROUP
    for EMD SERONO, INC. · Massachusetts · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • THE MCMANUS GROUP
    for AMGEN · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
    for HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Mar 4, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 839: Safeguarding Honest Speech Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-839/
MLA
"S. 839: Safeguarding Honest Speech Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-839/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 839, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-839/.
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[S. 839: Safeguarding Honest Speech Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-839/)
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