Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 28, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019
This bill forbids institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs from restricting students' ability to pursue claims against IHEs in court. In addition, the bill makes mandatory arbitration agreements inapplicable to enrollment agreements between students and IHEs.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 28, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 28, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S1597 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | Feb 28, 2019 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 553 | Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Mar 7, 2017 |
| S 867 | PROTECT Students Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 26, 2019 |
| HR 1430 | Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Apr 8, 2019 |
| S 3251 | CLASS Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 18, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
