BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
Latest action · Jul 30, 2024 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jul 30, 2024 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Aug 2, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Dec 19, 2024 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2024Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2024Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 124, July 30, 2024, page H4965.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3865 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 12, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2024Introduced in House
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.
