Words Matter Act of 2025
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 16
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2026
What it does
Words Matter Act of 2025 This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability .
Official summary · Introduced in House · May 15, 2025
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