S. 1957 (119th)Bill Overview

No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues|Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsors
Support
Democratic
Introduced
Jun 4, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Introduced
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President
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Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act would nullify five named Executive Orders (E.O. 14168, 14183, 14187, 14201, and 14190) described as targeting LGBTQI+ individuals, declare them without force or effect, and bar federal funds from being used to implement, enforce, or administer those orders. The bill also includes a savings clause saying it does not impair the President's constitutional authority.

Why people may split

Progressives emphasize civil-rights and access to care protections

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly and directly accomplishes a targeted substantive legal change by naming specific Executive Orders and declaring them without force while prohibiting federal funds to carry them out, but it provides limited implementation, fiscal, and oversight detail.

The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act would nullify five named Executive Orders (E.O. 14168, 14183, 14187, 14201, and 14190) described as targeting LGBTQI+ individuals, declare them without force or effect, and bar federal funds from being used to implement, enforce, or administer those orders.

The bill also includes a savings clause saying it does not impair the President's constitutional authority.

The named EOs relate to federal definitions of sex, transgender service members, transgender adolescent health care, transgender student participation in school sports, and guidance to schools on transgender existence.

Passage30/100

Administratively clear but highly partisan subject matter and few compromise features reduce prospects absent wide bipartisan support.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly and directly accomplishes a targeted substantive legal change by naming specific Executive Orders and declaring them without force while prohibiting federal funds to carry them out, but it provides limited implementation, fiscal, and oversight detail.

Contention78/100

Progressives emphasize civil-rights and access to care protections

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agencies · Permitting processFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesRestores federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQI+ people in employment, housing, education, and healthcare.
  • Permitting processPermits transgender and nonbinary individuals to serve or continue serving in the armed forces.
  • Federal agenciesRestores access to gender-affirming healthcare for adolescents where federal restrictions had applied.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenMay be characterized as Congress reversing executive policy, raising separation-of-powers concerns.
  • Federal agenciesCould conflict with state laws that restrict gender-affirming care or sports participation, increasing federal-state fr…
  • Potential burdenMay increase Department of Defense administrative or medical costs associated with transgender service members.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives emphasize civil-rights and access to care protections
Progressive95%

Strongly supportive.

The bill rescinds Executive Orders that the text says mandate discrimination and restrict transgender health care, military service, and school recognition.

It is seen as restoring civil-rights protections and preventing federal funding from enforcing anti-LGBTQI+ directives.

Leans supportive
Centrist60%

Cautiously supportive but pragmatic.

The bill removes controversial Executive Orders and blocks federal funding for them, which aligns with restoring prior agency policy, but it raises questions about legal clarity, federalism, and transitional implementation.

Centrists want clear guidance to avoid litigation and to reconcile competing interests in schools and the military.

Split reaction
Conservative10%

Likely opposed.

Conservatives will view the bill as removing Executive Orders that reflected concerns about biological sex definitions, military standards, parental rights, and protections for women’s sports.

Some conservatives may nonetheless note that repeal returns some decisions to states or Congress rather than the Executive Branch.

Likely resistant
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood30/100

Administratively clear but highly partisan subject matter and few compromise features reduce prospects absent wide bipartisan support.

Scope and complexity
52%
Scopemoderate
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • No CBO cost estimate or budgetary analysis included
  • Potential judicial challenges over standing and separation of powers
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressives emphasize civil-rights and access to care protections

Administratively clear but highly partisan subject matter and few compromise features reduce prospects absent wide bipartisan support.

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly and directly accomplishes a targeted substantive legal change by naming specific Executive Orders and declaring them without force while prohibiting federal f…

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