Question 1

What does HR8213 do?

Accepted Answer

The Defending Women in the Workplace Act represents a legislative effort to narrow the interpretation of sex discrimination protections under federal civil rights law. The bill's primary objective is to establish through statute that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, does not extend to discrimination based on gender identity. This legislative intervention seeks to override judicial interpretations that have expanded the meaning of sex discrimination to encompass gender identity, most notably the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. By explicitly excluding gender identity from the statutory terms "because of sex" and "on the basis of sex," the bill aims to limit the scope of federal employment discrimination protections to biological sex as traditionally understood. The legislation reflects a policy position that gender identity should be treated as a distinct category from sex and should not receive the same federal workplace protections that have been afforded to sex-based discrimination since 1964.

Question 2

Who sponsored HR8213?

Accepted Answer

Sheri Biggs, Pat Harrigan, Andrew Ogles, Scott Perry, Nancy Mace, Paul Gosar, Julia Letlow, Lauren Boebert, Anna Luna, Ralph Norman, Mary Miller, Keith Self, John McGuire, James Baird, Burgess Owens, Barry Loudermilk

Question 3

What is the status of HR8213?

Accepted Answer

Introduced as of April 9, 2026.

H.R.8213

H. R. 8213