Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 17, 2025 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2025
- Passed SenateOct 9, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
This bill expands the membership of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to include two representatives of employee ownership organizations.
The advisory council generally advises and makes recommendations to the Department of Labor about the department's functions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 29, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jul 29, 2025 |
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 May 13, 2025Markup Jul 30, 2025Reported Sep 11, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2025Received in the House.
- Oct 17, 2025Held at the desk.
- Oct 16, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7101-7103; text: CR S7102-7103)
- Sep 11, 2025Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 11, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
- Jul 30, 2025Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- May 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7101–S7103Text printed S7102 | John Hoeven R-ND | Oct 9, 2025 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 24, 2026S. 1728, Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025As passed by the Senate on October 9, 2025
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13104 | Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs): An Overview | Resource | Sep 15, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2474 | Advocate for Employee Ownership Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2025 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to expand the membership of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to include representatives of employee ownership organizations.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 11, 2025Reported to Senate
- May 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
