S. 2037

Summary

S. 2037, the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jun 11, 2025 by Sen. Jim Banks (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jun 11, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 2037 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S2037 IS: Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-06-11
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2037
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  June 11, 2025
  Mr. Banks  introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
  Pensions
  A BILL
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit
  discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or
  reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act  .
2.
Prohibited unlawful employment action
Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(o)
(1)
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee engages in covered expression, that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex. For purposes of this paragraph, the term  covered expression  means expression, inside or outside of a workplace, through means including speech, writing, or a depiction, or owning or using an item that contains speech, writing, or a depiction, and includes the use of pronouns.
(2)
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee requests or uses a single-sex area that is a bathroom, changing area, or other area where physical privacy is desirable.
(3)
It shall not be a defense to the use of a practice described in paragraph (1) or (2) that use of the practice is job related for the position in question or consistent with business necessity.
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3.
Prohibited retaliation
Section 704(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–3(a) ) is amended by inserting  , including an unlawful employment practice prohibited under section 703(o) after  by this title .

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A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex.

Sponsors

Sen. Jim Banks (R) sponsors S. 2037, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Jim Banks

Sen. · R–IN · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 11, 2025

Eric Schmitt

Sen. · R–MO · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 26, 2025

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 8, 2025

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Committees

S. 2037 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Jun 11, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 2037 has taken 2 actions since Jun 11, 2025.

Votes

S. 2037 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 2037, as Identical bill.

HR 4554Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace ActJul 21, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 2037 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act — Display Title
• Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 2037 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Education, Health Issues, Housing, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2037 under Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2037’s is Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

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