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HR 1443 116th 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 2019

Introduced: February 27, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
Feb 28, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019

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

What's happening now April 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 7 Republican 4
Kennedy, Joseph
· Feb 27, 2020
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 25, 2020
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jan 27, 2020
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · May 1, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 1, 2019
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · May 1, 2019
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 1, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 1, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 1, 2019
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 28, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 28, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1443: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1443/
MLA
"H.R. 1443: Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1443/.
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H.R. 1443, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1443/.
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