S 1115 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Paycheck Fairness Act

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 25, 2025 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. IntroducedMar 25, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 25, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NJAndy KimOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MDAngela D. AlsobrooksOriginalMar 25, 2025
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 25, 2025
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-GAJon OssoffOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-AZMark KellyOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-NMMartin HeinrichOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-VATim KaineOriginalMar 25, 2025
D-MNTina SmithOriginalMar 25, 2025

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 Mar 25, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 25, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2219Salary History Question Prohibition ActRelated billMar 18, 2025

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Paycheck Fairness Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2025Introduced in Senate

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