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S. 1728 119th Congress Senate

Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to expand the membership of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Pl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to expand the membership of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to include representatives of employee ownership organizations.

Introduced: May 13, 2025 Introduced by: Bill Cassidy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Advisory bodiesEmployee benefits and pensions
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 2025
Held at the desk.
Oct 17, 2025
Received in the House.
Oct 16, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 9, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7101-7103; text: CR S7102-7103)
Oct 9, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Oct 9, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 11, 2025
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 11, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
Jul 30, 2025
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025

This bill expands the membership of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to include two representatives of employee ownership organizations.

The advisory council generally advises and makes recommendations to the Department of Labor about the department's functions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2474 Advocate for Employee Ownership Act
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 15

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jul 29, 2025
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Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · Jul 29, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1728: Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1728/
MLA
"S. 1728: Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1728/.
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S. 1728, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1728/.
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