FAIR Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 15, 2025 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.
- IntroducedSep 15, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2025 or the FAIR Act of 2025
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 72
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026; 56 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Sep 15, 2025 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Sep 1, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Sep 28, 2026 |
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 Sep 15, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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. 171, no. 150, September 15, 2025, page H4311.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2799 | Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act | Related bill | Sep 15, 2025 |
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 2025
- Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2025Introduced 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.
