Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 8, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative 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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2019 to Feb 27, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 27, 2020 |
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 Feb 28, 2019 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Apr 8, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 37, February 28, 2019, page H2316.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-21 | JUSTICE DENIED: FORCED ARBITRATION AND THE EROSION OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM110 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 21, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1491 | Restoring Justice for Workers Act | Related bill | May 15, 2019 |
| HR 4734 | Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | 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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced 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.
