US Congress House Bill 1488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 74)
Status: Introduced on April 12 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2011 - Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit. Defines: (1) "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; (2) "person" as a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, or association; and (3) "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2011

Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
2011-04-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

HB3 (Related) 2011-05-09 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
HB397 (Related) 2011-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB906 (Related) 2011-05-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1484 (Related) 2011-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1488/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1488/BILLS-112hr1488ih.pdf