SOS Campus Act
Requires covered colleges to designate independent advocates who help sexual-assault survivors access services and navigate campus processes.
In the House Education and Workforce Committee since Oct. 1, 2026, 7 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Students who experience sexual assault may need help finding services and navigating campus or other processes. The bill would require covered colleges to designate an independent advocate to help survivors, protect their privacy subject to state law, and connect them with services. It would also require institutions to tell students and staff how to reach the advocate.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
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- Require independent campus survivor advocates
Institutions of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance under title IV would have to designate an advocate with experience and demonstrated ability to provide sexual-assault survivor services. The advocate would report to someone outside the institution’s body that investigates and decides sexual-assault complaints.
- Connect survivors with services and guidance
With a survivor’s consent, the advocate would ensure access to services including emergency and follow-up medical care, forensic examinations, counseling, and legal information. The advocate would also guide survivors through campus, medical, counseling, academic, legal, and law-enforcement processes, and attend campus proceedings if asked.
- Protect survivor privacy and advocate independence
The advocate would represent the survivor’s interests even when they conflict with the institution’s, and the institution could not retaliate against the advocate for doing so. The advocate would protect survivors’ and witnesses’ identities and information, subject to applicable state law; survivors could not be disciplined or retaliated against for reporting to the advocate.
- Tell students how to find the advocate
Institutions would have to publicize the advocate’s contact information and services on their websites, in orientation materials, and in campus locations. They would also have to train coaches, faculty, administrators, resident advisors, and other staff to provide that information.
The practical stakes are whether students who experience sexual assault can find a dedicated advocate to help them access services and navigate campus or other processes. The bill would require that advocate to represent the survivor’s interests even when they conflict with the institution’s, while preserving existing Clery Act and Title IX rights and responsibilities.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedOCT 1, 2026HOUSEOCT 1, 2026By Rep. DingellReferred to Education and Workforce
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeOCT 1, 2026EDUCATION & WORKFORCE NOWOCT 1, 2026In committee for 7 daysNo hearing yet
- 7 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 7, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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