House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

BE HEARD in the Workplace Act

H.R. 9228Introduced Jul 30, 2024Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedJul 30, 2024
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 30, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9228.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4965):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Prevent discrimination and harassment in employment.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats

0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Katie Porter (D-CA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-7 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.