HR 5827 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Tenants’ Right to Organize Act

Latest action · Sep 29, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 29, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2023 to Nov 12, 2024; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-TXGreg CasarOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalSep 29, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarDec 14, 2023
D-PASummer L. LeeMar 6, 2024
D-TXAl GreenMar 12, 2024
D-WAPramila JayapalMar 12, 2024
D-MAStephen F. LynchMar 19, 2024
D-VTBecca BalintApr 12, 2024
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonJul 22, 2024
D-MIShri ThanedarJul 22, 2024
D-MOCori BushJul 23, 2024
D-MAJames P. McGovernJul 25, 2024
D-CAJudy ChuJul 30, 2024
D-FLMaxwell FrostAug 2, 2024
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaAug 2, 2024
D-NCAlma S. AdamsAug 13, 2024
D-INAndré CarsonAug 20, 2024
D-NYAdriano EspaillatSep 9, 2024
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaSep 12, 2024
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOct 4, 2024
D-PADwight EvansNov 12, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Sep 29, 2023
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Sep 29, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 29, 2023Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2495Delia C. Ramirez D-ILApr 17, 2024
HouseDebate and remarks H6933Delia C. Ramirez D-ILDec 13, 2023
HouseLists H4910–H4912H.R. 5827–5859—Sep 29, 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: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Provides for tenants' right to organize and participate in resident organizations and to be free from retaliation.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 159, September 29, 2023, page H4910.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To promote the establishment of resident organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Tenants’ Right to Organize Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House

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