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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 bill would amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from taking employment actions against employees based on their expression describing, asserting, or reinforcing the binary or biological nature of sex. The bill defines "covered expression" broadly to include speech, writing, and depictions both inside and outside the workplace, as well as the use of pronouns and possession of items containing such expression. The bill would also prohibit employers from taking adverse employment actions against employees who request or use single-sex facilities such as bathrooms or changing areas. Under the bill, employers would not be permitted to defend such practices on the grounds that they are job-related or necessary for business purposes. The bill would also add retaliation protections for employees exercising rights under these provisions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO)
Actions (2)
- Jun 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jun 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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.
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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