U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB2555: Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026
Status: In committee, August 27, 2026
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes.
From the committee substitute text, August 27, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Purposes (a) Purposes The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) Protect any student in a single-sex social organization or any single-sex social organization from any adverse action by an institution of higher education based on the membership practice of such organization of limiting membership only to individuals of one sex. (2) Ensure-- (A) any student at an institution of higher education in a single-sex social organization is treated without bias in comparison to students who do not participate in single-sex social organizations; and (B) any single-sex social organization is treated by an institution of higher education without bias in comparison to other social organizations that are not single-sex. (3) Protect the rights of students to freely associate with and participate in single-sex social organizations. SECTION 3. Freedom of association protections for students in single-sex social organizations Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: SECTION 124. Freedom of association protections for students in …
Sponsors
- Erin Houchin (R, HD-009) · primary sponsor
- Robert Garcia (D, HD-CA-42)
- Tracey Mann (R, HD-001)
- Dusty Johnson (R, HD-SD)
- Mike Carey (R, HD-015)
- Glenn Grothman (R, HD-006)
- Abraham Hamadeh (R, HD-AZ-8)
- Russell Fry (R, HD-007)
- Ashley Hinson (R, HD-002)
- Blake Moore (R, HD-UT-1)
- James Walkinshaw (D, HD-011)
- Mike Rogers (R, HD-003)
Latest actions
- : Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 682.
- : Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-781.
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Education, School administration, Higher education, Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Common questions
- What is HB2555?
- HB2555 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026.
- What does HB2555 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain freedom of association protections, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB2555?
- In committee as of August 27, 2026. Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 682. (August 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2555?
- Erin Houchin (R, HD-009), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB2555?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2555
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