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S 1652 112th Congress Senate

Consumer Mobile Fairness Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts for mobile service.

Introduced: October 4, 2011 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Law Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationContracts and agencyTelephone and wireless communication
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It never became law before the 112th Congress (2011–2012) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Became law
Oct 13, 2011
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-177.
Oct 4, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 4, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 13, 2011

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-177.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Mobile Fairness Act of 2011 - Renders invalid or unenforceable any pre-dispute arbitration agreement between an individual and a provider of commercial mobile service or mobile broadband Internet access service. Defines a "pre-dispute arbitration agreement" as an agreement to arbitrate a dispute that has not yet arisen at the time of the making of such agreement.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 4, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1652: Consumer Mobile Fairness Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1652/
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"S. 1652: Consumer Mobile Fairness Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1652/.
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S. 1652, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1652/.
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