United States · Bill · S
S. 1740 (114th)
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015
Introduced
9 July 2015
Last action
9 July 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4957)
Sponsors
Ron Wyden, Charles Schumer, Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Maria Cantwell, Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large], Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Michael Bennet, Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Mark Warner, Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Kirsten Gillibrand, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Edward Markey, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Jeff Merkley, Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Richard Durbin, Jeanne Shaheen, Christopher Murphy, Martin Heinrich, Brian Schatz, Tammy Baldwin, Patty Murray, Christopher Coons, Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], John Reed, Timothy Kaine, Gary Peters, Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Angus King, Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change provisions that refer to married couples to make such provisions equally applicable to legally married same sex couples.
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Timeline
9 July 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4957)
Source: IntroReferral
9 July 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 9 July 2015 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 2015
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 July 2015
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 July 2015
Sponsors
- Ron Wyden · D · Sponsor
- Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Maria Cantwell · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Michael Bennet · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
- Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Sponsor
- Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders · I · Sponsor
- Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Jeanne Shaheen · D · Sponsor
- Christopher Murphy · D · Sponsor
- Martin Heinrich · D · Sponsor
- Brian Schatz · D · Sponsor
- Tammy Baldwin · D · Sponsor
- Patty Murray · D · Sponsor
- Christopher Coons · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- John Reed · D · Sponsor
- Timothy Kaine · D · Sponsor
- Gary Peters · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Angus King · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2017
- related to ← Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1740
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/1740
- us · 114-s-1740 · source updated 5 December 2025