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S 2488 119th Congress Senate Labor and Employment

Empowering App-Based Workers Act

Introduced: July 28, 2025 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 28, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6646 Identical bill Empowering App-Based Workers Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 13

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • FLEX ASSOCIATION
    for FLEX ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.
    for GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC. · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • DOORDASH, INC.
    for DOORDASH, INC. · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • FLEX ASSOCIATION
    for FLEX ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.
    for GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC. · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
  • DOORDASH, INC.
    for DOORDASH, INC. · California · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 10, 2026
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 4, 2025
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 28, 2025
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jul 28, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2488: Empowering App-Based Workers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2488/
MLA
"S. 2488: Empowering App-Based Workers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2488/.
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S. 2488, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2488/.
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[S. 2488: Empowering App-Based Workers Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2488/)
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