HR 2953 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

FAIR Act of 2023

Introduced Apr 27, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

Latest action · Apr 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

IntroducedApr 27, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2023 or the FAIR Act of 2023

This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.

Cosponsors 102

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2023 to Sep 18, 2024; 83 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Daniel S. Goldman	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MN	Dean Phillips	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-ME	Jared F. Golden	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Robert Garcia	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MI	Shri Thanedar	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-LA	Troy A. Carter	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Apr 27, 2023
D-TX	Al Green		May 24, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 24, 2023
D-IL	Eric Sorensen		May 24, 2023
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		May 24, 2023
D-MD	Glenn Ivey		May 24, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		May 24, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna		May 24, 2023
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		May 24, 2023
D-PA	Christopher R. Deluzio		Jun 13, 2023
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Jul 13, 2023
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Sep 29, 2023
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Sep 29, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint		Nov 15, 2023
D-OR	Andrea Salinas		Dec 12, 2023
D-RI	Seth Magaziner		Jan 11, 2024
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Mar 20, 2024
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 20, 2024
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		May 31, 2024
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda		Sep 18, 2024

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 Apr 27, 2023

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 26, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2042)
Apr 25, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1935)

In the Congressional Record 2

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
House	Debate and remarks H2042	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA	Apr 26, 2023
House	Debate and remarks H1935	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA	Apr 25, 2023

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 1. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration, in order to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of future employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes, and to prohibit agreements and practices that interfere with the rights of individuals, workers, and small businesses to participate in a joint, class, or collective action related to an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 71, April 27, 2023, page H2087.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IF12764	The Federal Arbitration Act and Class Action Waivers	Resource	Sep 13, 2024

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1376	Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act	Related bill	Apr 27, 2023

Titles 3

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: FAIR Act of 2023; Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House

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