S 2724 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

Introduced Sep 5, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Elizabeth Warren D-MA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 5, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot 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 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 5, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalSep 5, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalSep 5, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalSep 5, 2023

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Sep 5, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 5, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 5, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4803Nationwide Right To Unionize ActReintroduction ofSep 8, 2022
HR 5351Nationwide Right to Unionize ActIdentical billSep 5, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill 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 Senate

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