House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2953.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2087):Article I Section 1. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration, in order to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of future employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights disputes, and to prohibit agreements and practices that interfere with the rights of individuals, workers, and small businesses to participate in a joint, class, or collective action related to an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 535 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2953, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2953
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b494b830003fc1e0c1322d6d8f96a0be42ffbf0f413a4328072578975f516107
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2953, last updated September 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
102 cosponsors — 102 Democrats
0 of 102 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson.
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- H.R. 926 (118th) Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023
- H.R. 7039 (118th) Stronger Communities through Better Transit Act
- H.R. 927 (118th) Supreme Court Ethics Act.
- H.R. 5566 (118th) Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2023
- H.R. 3422 (118th) Judiciary Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.