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Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act
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.
Summary
This act amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from discriminating against or retaliating against employees based on expression that describes or affirms the binary or biological nature of sex. The bill defines covered expression to include speech, writing, depictions, and pronoun use, both inside and outside the workplace. The act also prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees who request or use single-sex facilities such as bathrooms or changing areas where physical privacy is a concern. The bill specifies that an employer cannot defend such discrimination by claiming the practice is job-related or necessary for business operations. Retaliation against employees for engaging in such expression or using such facilities is also prohibited under the amended law.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to W. Gregory Steube’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHENEY BROTHERS $7,800
- NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $6,600
- STEPHENS, INC. $6,600
- NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS $6,600
- COOLTODAY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for W. Gregory Steube → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Jul 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Mace, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act”.
SEC. 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.”.
SEC. 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”. <all>
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