HR 5351 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Introduced Sep 5, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Brad Sherman D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 5, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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. IntroducedSep 5, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

This bill authorizes labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization (i.e., union) as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting any state laws that prohibit such agreements).

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 5, 2023 to Jan 11, 2024; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskySep 12, 2023
D-TXMarc A. VeaseySep 12, 2023
D-TNSteve CohenSep 12, 2023
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOct 3, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezOct 3, 2023
D-KYMorgan McGarveyOct 3, 2023
D-ILNikki BudzinskiOct 3, 2023
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOct 12, 2023
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOct 12, 2023
D-RISeth MagazinerNov 29, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaJan 11, 2024

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 Sep 5, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 5, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 5, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Labor

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 142, September 5, 2023, page H4223.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2724Nationwide Right To Unionize ActIdentical billSep 5, 2023
HR 8793Nationwide Right to Unionize ActReintroduction ofSep 9, 2022

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 5, 2023Introduced in House

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