S. 1286
119th Congress
Senate
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemize… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
40
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- White House Office
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Cosponsors
35
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Cantwell, Maria
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Fetterman, John
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Kelly, Mark
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Murray, Patty
D
Padilla, Alex
D
Reed, Jack
D
Rosen, Jacky
I
Sanders, Bernard
D
Schatz, Brian
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Slotkin, Elissa
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warnock, Raphael G.
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Welch, Peter
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
D
Wyden, Ron
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1286: Tax Fairness for Workers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1286/
"S. 1286: Tax Fairness for Workers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1286/.
S. 1286, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1286/.
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