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SAFE Workers Act

Introduced: September 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jul 2, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in House
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SAFE Workers Act or the Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act

This bill requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to provide employees with the ability to vote remotely by telephone or the internet in union representation elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

The bill further permits the NLRB's use of appropriations to issue directives or regulations providing for electronic voting methods.

What's happening now July 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 55
All 55 Democratic 41 Republican 1
Sires, Albio
· Oct 13, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Sep 4, 2020
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Sep 4, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Aug 14, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jul 31, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 31, 2020
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 24, 2020
Demings, Val
· Jul 24, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Jul 16, 2020
Heck, Denny
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2020
Lamb, Conor
· Jul 16, 2020
Maloney, Sean
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jul 16, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Jul 16, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 2, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 2, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Jul 2, 2020
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jul 2, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jul 2, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 2, 2020
Higgins, Brian
· Jul 2, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 2, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Jul 2, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 2, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· Jul 2, 2020
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jul 2, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7485: SAFE Workers Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7485/
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"H.R. 7485: SAFE Workers Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7485/.
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H.R. 7485, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7485/.
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