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S 1261 118th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Labor standards Labor-management relations Wages and earnings

Save Local Business Act

Introduced: April 25, 2023 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) 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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Apr 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Save Local Business Act

This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.

What's happening now April 25, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2700 Related bill Employee Rights Act
  • S 1201 Related bill Employee Rights Act
  • HR 2826 Identical bill Save Local Business Act
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 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 12
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Sep 12, 2023
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Jun 7, 2023
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 17, 2023
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 26, 2023
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Apr 25, 2023
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 25, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1261: Save Local Business Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1261/
MLA
"S. 1261: Save Local Business Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1261/.
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S. 1261, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1261/.
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[S. 1261: Save Local Business Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1261/)
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