HR 5727 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2021

Latest action · Oct 26, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedOct 26, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2021

This bill provides minimum collective bargaining rights and procedures for public employees and prohibits strikes by certain public safety workers.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) shall determine for each state whether the laws of such state substantially provide for each of the minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures specified by this bill, including the right of public employees and supervisory employees to self-organize, form or join a labor organization, or collectively bargain.

The FLRA must issue rules and take actions to establish and administer bargaining rights and procedures for those states that do not substantially provide for them.

No employers, emergency services employees, or law enforcement officers may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action that is likely to result in a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. Furthermore, no labor organization may be the cause of a violation of such prohibition.

Cosponsors 204

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 154 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TXAl GreenOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJAndy KimOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILBill FosterOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalOct 26, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NHChris PappasOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalOct 26, 2021
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-GADavid ScottOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalOct 26, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-HIEd CaseOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-VAElaine G. LuriaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-INFrank J. MrvanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 26, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-AZGreg StantonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-COJason CrowOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-HIKaiali'i KaheleOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAKaren BassOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NCKathy E. ManningOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ORKurt SchraderOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILLauren UnderwoodOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MALori TrahanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-GALucy McBathOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILMarie NewmanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NMMelanie A. StansburyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAMike LevinOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CARaul RuizOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WARick LarsenOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WIRon KindOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ILSean CastenOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-CATed LieuOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-OHTim RyanOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalOct 26, 2021
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezNov 1, 2021
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderNov 1, 2021
D-NJJefferson Van DrewNov 1, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Nov 1, 2021
D-VAJennifer WextonNov 3, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonNov 15, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerNov 15, 2021
D-CAJosh HarderNov 15, 2021
D-OHShontel M. BrownNov 15, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenNov 15, 2021
D-CADoris O. MatsuiNov 17, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoNov 17, 2021
D-FLLois FrankelNov 17, 2021
D-CAMike ThompsonNov 17, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasNov 17, 2021
D-CAJim CostaNov 30, 2021
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioNov 30, 2021
D-ALTerri A. SewellNov 30, 2021
D-NYAntonio DelgadoDec 2, 2021
D-KSSharice DavidsDec 2, 2021
D-MDKweisi MfumeDec 8, 2021
D-TXColin Z. AllredDec 13, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernDec 16, 2021
D-LATroy A. CarterDec 16, 2021
D-GACarolyn BourdeauxDec 23, 2021
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkDec 23, 2021
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyJan 10, 2022
D-WIGwen MooreJan 28, 2022
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonFeb 7, 2022
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanFeb 7, 2022
R-NEDon BaconFeb 9, 2022
D-PAConor LambMar 1, 2022
D-MNDean PhillipsMar 1, 2022
D-CAAmi BeraMar 28, 2022
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickApr 4, 2022
D-NYJerrold NadlerJul 11, 2022
D-MIElissa SlotkinAug 16, 2022
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettAug 16, 2022
D-PAMichael F. DoyleAug 19, 2022
D-CASara JacobsAug 19, 2022
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyAug 19, 2022
D-CAZoe LofgrenSep 14, 2022
D-NYGregory W. MeeksSep 15, 2022
D-TXLizzie FletcherSep 15, 2022
D-FLKathy CastorSep 19, 2022
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingSep 21, 2022
D-CAMark TakanoSep 28, 2022
D-NYKathleen M. RiceSep 30, 2022
D-PASusan WildOct 11, 2022
D-CAMaxine WatersNov 3, 2022

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 Oct 26, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 26, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Oct 26, 2021Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 188, October 26, 2021, page H5931.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 8426Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024Reintroduced BillMay 16, 2024

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 26, 2021Introduced in House

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