HR 2555
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Protects students' right to join single-sex social fraternities, sororities, and clubs, and bars colleges that receive federal funds from penalizing students or the organizations over single-sex membership.
Official title: Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
01-APR-2025
Referred
01-APR-2025
Approved by committee
25-JUN-2026
Reported
27-AUG-2026
On the calendar
27-AUG-2026
- Lets students form, join, or lead a single-sex social organization of their own sex, whether or not the college officially recognizes it.
- Bars colleges receiving federal funds from taking adverse action, such as discipline, housing denial, or loss of scholarships, based on an organization's single-sex membership.
- Still allows colleges to act over misconduct, incitement to imminent lawless action, or, at private schools, conflict with the religious mission, and does not require official recognition.
- Defines sex by biological sex and covers fraternities and sororities exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(a), historically single-sex groups, and private social clubs.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (01-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 27-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govEducation
■ 35 R■ 8 D
35 Republicans
- Stephanie I. Bice
- Tim Burchett
- Mike Carey
- Randy Fine
- Virginia Foxx
- Russell Fry
- Glenn Grothman
- Michael Guest
- Abraham J. Hamadeh
- Mark Harris
- J. French Hill
- Ashley Hinson
- Richard Hudson
- Dusty Johnson
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
- Nick LaLota
- Tracey Mann
- Blake D. Moore
- Dan Newhouse
- Ralph Norman
- Mike D. Rogers
- John W. Rose
- Derek Schmidt
- Austin Scott
- Pete Sessions
8 Democrats
Withdrew support (3)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH) - cosponsored 25-JUN-2026, withdrew 30-JUN-2026
- Robert Garcia (D-CA) - cosponsored 01-APR-2025, withdrew 25-JUN-2026
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA) - cosponsored 14-APR-2026, withdrew 20-APR-2026