Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
Latest action · Nov 14, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
This bill prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from finalizing a specified rule or making a similar rule that excludes student workers at private universities from the definition of employee under federal labor laws. (Under current law, students paid for services provided at universities in connection with such students' studies are considered employees.)
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2019 to May 12, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Dec 6, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jan 10, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jan 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jan 16, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 12, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 182, November 14, 2019, page H8879.
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. 116-102 | IN THE DARK: LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE LIVE EVENT TICKETING INDUSTRY217 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Feb 26, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3219 | Respect Graduate Student Workers Act | Related bill | Jan 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure full labor protections for graduate student workers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 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.
