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HR 4734 115th Congress House Law Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Employment discrimination and employee rights Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017

Introduced: March 20, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Dec 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 26, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017

This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute.

The prohibition does not apply to an arbitration provision in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations, subject to limitations.

What's happening now January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4570 Related bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act
  • S 2203 Identical bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 20 Republican 4
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Dec 6, 2018
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Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 16, 2018
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 16, 2018
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Nov 15, 2018
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Nov 15, 2018
Brooks, Susan
· Mar 20, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Mar 20, 2018
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Mar 1, 2018
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 29, 2018
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jan 29, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Jan 8, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 8, 2018
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jan 3, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 26, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Dec 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4734: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4734/
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"H.R. 4734: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4734/.
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H.R. 4734, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4734/.
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