HR 1047 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

State Right to Vote Act

Introduced Mar 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jeff Duncan R-SC

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 21, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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. IntroducedMar 11, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

State Right to Vote Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize or recognize a labor organization as the representative of employees in a state where recognition of the labor organization is prohibited, unless the labor organization has been selected by a majority of such employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Prohibits a federal agency from bringing a challenge against a state statute or constitutional provision which protects the right of employees to choose labor organization representatives through secret ballot elections.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2011 to Apr 25, 2012; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXBill FloresOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-INDan BurtonOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-FLDennis A. RossOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-CODoug LambornOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-UTJason ChaffetzOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-KSKevin YoderOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SDKristi L. NoemOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCMick MulvaneyOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-GAPhil GingreyOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-UTRob BishopOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-IASteve KingOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-KSTim HuelskampOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCTim ScottOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-INTodd RokitaOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-SCTrey GowdyOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-CAWally HergerOriginalMar 11, 2011
R-OKJames LankfordMar 29, 2011
R-KSMike PompeoMar 29, 2011
R-COScott R. TiptonMar 29, 2011
R-AZBenjamin QuayleMay 4, 2011
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesMay 4, 2011
R-ALJo BonnerMay 4, 2011
R-KSLynn JenkinsMay 4, 2011
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickMay 4, 2011
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJun 15, 2011
R-ALSpencer BachusJun 15, 2011
R-ARTim GriffinJun 15, 2011
R-TXJeb HensarlingApr 25, 2012
R-FLSteve Southerland IIApr 25, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 11, 2011
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 21, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 21, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Mar 11, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3224Jeff Duncan R-SCMay 12, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This legislation follows the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, standing up for the rights of the states to an overreach of the federal government as it relates to the National Labor Relations Board's stated intent to sue four states over provisions in their state constitutions.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1769.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2012463 pagesAppropriations CommitteeMar 17, 2011–Apr 14, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect State requirements for a secret ballot election of labor organizations.
Short Titles as Introduced
State Right to Vote Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House

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