Fight to get the Equality Act signed into law, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

I will fight to get the Equality Act signed into law, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Pappas commits to pushing for passage of the Equality Act.

LGBTQ and Equality | Congressman Chris Pappas
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Congress.gov lists H.R.15, the Equality Act, as introduced on 04/29/2025, with latest action the same day: referral to House Judiciary and other committees. The tracker says the bill has the status Introduced, with later steps Passed House, Passed Senate, To President, and Became Law not completed.

As of the 119th Congress page, the current Equality Act has not advanced beyond introduction and committee referral; no official action appears within the 2026-06-07 to 2026-07-06 lookback window.

unresolved later_term

H.R.15 - Equality Act 119th Congress (2025-2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Congress.gov lists Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]* as a cosponsor of H.R.15 on 04/29/2025. The page notes the asterisk means original cosponsor and reports 215 current cosponsors, including 213 original cosponsors.

Pappas took concrete action in the 119th Congress by joining the Equality Act as an original cosponsor, but the bill remains unresolved rather than enacted.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.15 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Equality Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

Congress.gov lists H.R.5, the Equality Act, with latest action in the Senate on 03/17/2021: Judiciary Committee hearings held. The tracker says the bill status was Passed House, with House passage on 02/25/2021 by 224-206, but it does not show Passed Senate, To President, or Became Law.

The Equality Act passed the House in the 117th Congress but stalled in the Senate, so it was not signed into law despite substantial progress.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.5 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Equality Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 39 on H.R.5, Equality Act, as a Yea-and-Nay vote on passage on Feb. 25, 2021. Status: Passed, 224 yeas to 206 nays. The vote list records Pappas, Democratic, New Hampshire, as Yea.

Pappas voted for House passage of the Equality Act in 2021, a concrete effort toward enactment, but this was still short of becoming law.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 39 | Bill Number: H. R. 5
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 217 on H.R.5, Equality Act, as an On Passage vote on May 17, 2019. Status: Passed, 236 ayes to 173 noes. The vote list records Pappas, Democratic, New Hampshire, as Aye.

During Pappas's first House term, he voted for House passage of the Equality Act, showing serious concrete action on the promise, though enactment did not follow.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 217 | Bill Number: H. R. 5
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

GovInfo lists H.R.15, Equality Act, in the 118th Congress as introduced in the House on June 21, 2023, referred to multiple committees, with full title: To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. The cosponsor list includes Mr. Pappas.

Pappas also cosponsored the 118th Congress version of the Equality Act, but that introduced version did not provide enacted legal protections.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R. 15 (IH) - Equality Act - BILLS-118hr15ih
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%