HR 2474 · 116th Congress · Labor and Employment

Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

Introduced 2019-05-02· Sponsored by Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]· House

Bill Progress

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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2020-02-10)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2020-02-06
Roll #50
Yea 224Nay 194
Democrats
219 Yea·7 Nay
Republicans
5 Yea·186 Nay
PassedHouse · 2020-02-06
Roll #50
Yea 224Nay 194
Democrats
219 Yea·7 Nay
Republicans
5 Yea·186 Nay
FailedHouse · 2020-02-06
Roll #49
Yea 195Nay 223
Democrats
3 Yea·222 Nay
Republicans
192 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it revises the definition of "employee" and "supervisor" to prevent employers from classifying employees as exempt from labor law protections, expands unfair labor practices to include prohibitions against replacement of or discrimination against workers who participate in strikes, makes it an unfair labor practice to require or coerce employees to attend employer meetings designed to discourage union membership, permits workers to participate in collective or class action litigation, allows injunctions against employers engaging in unfair labor practices involving discharge or serious economic harm to an employee, expands penalties for labor law violations, including interference with the National Labor Relations Board or causing serious economic harm to an employee, and allows any person to bring a civil action for harm caused by labor law violations or unfair labor practices.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

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H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

Dec 5, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on September 25, 2019

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats