United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee 18 D cosponsors

HR 5159 — Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (18 D).

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Bill Text

Sections of law this bill changes

1 section in 1 law

From the bill's own amending language, matched to the official United States Code (current through Public Law 119-121).

Labor-management relations · 29 U.S.C. ch. 7 1 section 1 repealed
  • § 164 Construction of provisions Repeals

    29 U.S.C. § 164

    The law today

    (a) Supervisors as union members Nothing herein shall prohibit any individual employed as a supervisor from becoming or remaining a member of a labor organization, but no employer subject to this subchapter shall be compelled to deem individuals defined herein as supervisors as employees for the purpose of any law, either national or local, relating to collective bargaining. (b) Agreements requiring union membership in violation of State law Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any State or Territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by State or Territorial law. (c) Power of Board to decline jurisdiction of labor disputes; assertion of jurisdiction by State and Territorial courts (1) The Board, in its discretion, may, by rule of decision or by published rules adopted pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, decline to assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute involving any class or category of employers, where, in the opinion of the Board, the effect of such labor dispute on commerce is not sufficiently substantial to warrant the exercise of its jurisdiction: Provided, That the Board shall not decline to assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute over which it would assert jurisdiction under the standards prevailing upon August 1, 1959. (2) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to prevent or bar any agency or the courts of any State or Territory (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands), from assuming and asserting jurisdiction over labor disputes over which the Board declines, pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, to assert jurisdiction.

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How this bill changes current law

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The bill repeals the section of the National Labor Relations Act that allows states to prohibit agreements requiring union membership as a condition of employment.

  • 29 U.S.C. § 164

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any State or Territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by State or Territorial law.

    This change allows the enforcement of union membership agreements in states that previously prohibited them.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 529 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (529)

529 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

healthcare labor
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 5159?
HR 5159 is sponsored by Sherman, Brad (Democratic), Brownley, Julia (Democratic), Budzinski, Nikki (Democratic), Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (Democratic), Cohen, Steve (Democratic), Garamendi, John (Democratic), Gomez, Jimmy (Democratic), Lynch, Stephen F. (Democratic), Magaziner, Seth (Democratic), McGarvey, Morgan (Democratic), McGovern, James P. (Democratic), Moulton, Seth (Democratic), Nadler, Jerrold (Democratic), Norton, Eleanor Holmes (Democratic), Panetta, Jimmy (Democratic), Peters, Scott H. (Democratic), Hoyle, Val T. (Democratic), and Tonko, Paul (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 5159?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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