House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nationwide Right to Unionize Act
Official title: To repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Sherman D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5159, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Sherman.
- H.R. 2225 (119th) Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act
- H.R. 965 (119th) Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act
- H.R. 4382 (119th) America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- H.R. 7806 (119th) Direct File Act of 2026
- H.R. 1841 (119th) Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act
- H.R. 2346 (119th) Accountability for Terrorist Perpetrators of October 7th Act
Related bills
- S. 2729 (119th) Nationwide Right To Unionize ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.