Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Legislative history
From the 114th Congress onwards, efforts to pass non-discrimination legislation has focused on the broader Equality Act which focuses on additional protections including in housing and the jury system as well as employment.

Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Section Title: Legislative history
Table Section Text: From the 114th Congress onwards, efforts to pass non-discrimination legislation has focused on the broader Equality Act which focuses on additional protections including in housing and the jury system as well as employment.

Congress	Short title	Bill number(s)	Gender identity included?	Date introduced	Sponsor(s)	# of cosponsors	Latest status

103rd Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994	H.R. 4636	No	June 23, 1994	Gerry Studds (D-MA)	137	Died in the House Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

S. 2238	No	July 29, 1994	Ted Kennedy (D-MA)	30	Died in the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources

104th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1995	H.R. 1863	No	June 15, 1995	Gerry Studds (D-MA)	142	Died in the House Subcommittee on the Constitution

S. 932	No	June 15, 1995	Jim Jeffords (R-VT)	30	Died in the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources

S. 2056	No	September 5, 1996	Ted Kennedy (D-MA)	3	Failed in Senate (49–50)

105th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1997	H.R. 1858	No	June 10, 1997	Christopher Shays (R-CT)	140	Died in the House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

S. 869	No	June 10, 1997	Jim Jeffords (R-VT)	34	Died in the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources

106th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1999	H.R. 2355	No	June 24, 1999	Christopher Shays (R-CT)	173	Died in the House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

S. 1276	No	June 24, 1999	Jim Jeffords (R-VT)	36	Died in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

107th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001	H.R. 2692	No	July 31, 2001	Christopher Shays (R-CT)	193	Died in the House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2002	S. 1284	No	July 31, 2001	Ted Kennedy (D-MA)	44	Died in the Senate

108th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003	H.R. 3285	No	October 8, 2003	Christopher Shays (R-CT)	180	Died in the House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations

S. 1705	No	October 2, 2003	Ted Kennedy (D-MA)	43	Died in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

110th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007	H.R. 2015	Yes	April 24, 2007	Barney Frank (D-MA)	184	Died in the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

H.R. 3685	No	September 27, 2007	Barney Frank (D-MA)	9	Passed the House (235–184), died in the Senate

111th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009	H.R. 3017	Yes	June 24, 2009	Barney Frank (D-MA)	203	Died in the Judiciary, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform committees. Hearings held September 23, 2009 in Education and Labor committee.

H.R. 2981	Yes	June 19, 2009	Barney Frank (D-MA)	12	Died in the House Judiciary Committee

S. 1584	Yes	August 5, 2009	Jeff Merkley (D-OR)	45	Died in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearings held November 5, 2009.

112th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011	H.R. 1397	Yes	April 6, 2011	Barney Frank (D-MA)	171	Died in the Education and the Workforce, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Judiciary committees.

S. 811	Yes	April 14, 2011	Jeff Merkley (D-OR)	43	Died in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee. Hearings held June 12, 2012.

113th Congress	Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013	H.R. 1755	Yes	April 25, 2013	Jared Polis (D-CO)	205	Referred to the Education and the Workforce, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and Judiciary committees.

S. 815	Yes	April 25, 2013	Jeff Merkley (D-OR)	56	Passed in Senate (64–32), died in the House.

Sentence(s)

On April 14, 2011, Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced an ENDA bill (S. 811).

final_sentence: On April 14, 2011, Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced an ENDA bill (S. 811).