Who it affects
- LGBTQI+ students
- Teachers and other school staff
- State and city governments
- Local school agencies
In committeeEducationCivil rights
National Day of Silence and school bullying
H.Res. 1162 · Resolution · Introduced April 9, 2026
This bill would express House support for the National Day of Silence and encourage policies against bullying and discrimination affecting LGBTQI+ students and school staff.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The resolution would support the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence.
- It would recognize participants drawing attention to bullying, harassment, assault, and discrimination faced by LGBTQI+ students.
- It would encourage states, cities, and local school agencies to adopt laws and policies against bullying and discrimination.
- Those policies would cover students, teachers, and other school staff.
- They would address sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics, including intersex traits.
- The resolution would encourage these changes, not require them.
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How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- Supporting the goals and ideals of Glisten's (formerly GLSEN's) 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling communities across the country to action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Takano, Mark (D-CA)
- Introduced
- April 9, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 8
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Latest action
- April 9, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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