BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
Latest action · Feb 12, 2026 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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2026 to Mar 11, 2026; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Feb 12, 2026 |
| D-MD | Angela D. Alsobrooks | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 11, 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 Feb 12, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45155 | Sexual Harassment and Employment Discrimination Under Title VII: Selected Legal Issues Archived | Report | Jun 29, 2026 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3219 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Nov 17, 2021 |
| S 4902 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jul 31, 2024 |
| HR 5994 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
| HR 7583 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Identical bill | Feb 13, 2026 |
| HR 9228 | BE HEARD in the Workplace Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jul 30, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Introduced 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.
