S 2859 — Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-09-18
Latest action: — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Sponsors
- Ricketts, Pete (R, NE-S) — cosponsor
- Tillis, Thomas (R, NC-S) — cosponsor
- Hawley, Josh (R, MO-S) — cosponsor
- Mullin, Markwayne (R, OK-S) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734)
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
- — Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-09-18 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ricketts, Pete | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hawley, Josh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Tillis, Thomas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Mullin, Markwayne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricketts, Pete (R, senate NE) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Hawley, Josh (R, senate MO) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Mullin, Markwayne (R, senate OK) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Tillis, Thomas (R, senate NC) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pearson & associates | 0 | $0 | 14 | $16,303 | $16,303 |
| 2 | u.s. travel association | 0 | $0 | 2 | $13,181 | $13,181 |
| 3 | s-3 group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| 4 | herman dinklage inc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 5 | csi aviation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 6 | hunt companies inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 7 | quick trip | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 8 | tamaroff mts | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | martin fein interests, ltd. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 10 | premier realty michigan, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 11 | eaton steel bar company | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 12 | holtzman vogel, pllc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,800 | $1,800 |
| 13 | imperative execution inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 14 | williams and jensen, pllc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | associated dermatologist | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | bluff point assoc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | detroit venture partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | gardner white | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | hw kaufman group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | williams and jensen | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | retired | 0 | $0 | 24 | $867 | $867 |
| 22 | deloitte pac | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 23 | acme | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 24 | dover insurance agency pc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $60 | $60 |
| 25 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3 | $3 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 266 predicted no (49%) · 273 unknown (50%)
By party: · R: 4 yes / 0 no / 273 unknown · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
4 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Hawley, Josh (R · senate · MO) · cosponsor
- Mullin, Markwayne (R · senate · OK) · cosponsor
- Ricketts, Pete (R · senate · NE) · cosponsor
- Tillis, Thomas (R · senate · NC) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Ricketts, Pete (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hawley, Josh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Tillis, Thomas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Mullin, Markwayne (cosponsor) · sponsorship