Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 8, 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.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Jan 29, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Feb 4, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 8, 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.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2736 | Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Apr 8, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
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