Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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.
- IntroducedDec 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute.
The prohibition does not apply to an arbitration provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, subject to limitations.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 26, 2017 to Dec 6, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Dec 26, 2017 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Dec 26, 2017 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Dec 26, 2017 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 3, 2018 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jan 3, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Jan 8, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jan 8, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jun 20, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 16, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Dec 6, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 26, 2017 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Jan 22, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Dec 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 26, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 212, December 26, 2017, page H10428.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1443 | Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 8, 2019 |
| S 2203 | Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Dec 6, 2017 |
| HR 4570 | Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act | Related bill | Jan 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 26, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
