S 1756 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Introduced Oct 6, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Harkin D-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 6, 2010 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1122.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 6, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that a plaintiff establishes an unlawful employment practice if the plaintiff demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) an impermissible factor or authority was a motivating factor for the practice complained of, even if other factors also motivated that practice; or (2) the practice complained of would not have occurred in the absence of an impermissible factor. Specifies the types of: (1) evidence that a plaintiff may utilize; and (2) relief and damages available to a successful plaintiff.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 6, 2009 to Jun 23, 2010, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalOct 6, 2009
R-PAArlen SpecterOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalOct 6, 2009
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-DEEdward E. KaufmanOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalOct 6, 2009
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalOct 6, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2010Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1122.
  2. Oct 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
  3. Oct 6, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3721Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination ActRelated billJun 10, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

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  1. Oct 6, 2009Introduced in Senate

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