House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Empowering App-Based Workers Act
Official title: To promote transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6646.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 209, December 11, 2025, Page H5810):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6646, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6646
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Summer Lee (D-PA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.Con.Res. 89 (119th) Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with…
- H.Res. 1179 (119th) Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a…
- H.R. 6397 (119th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
- H.Res. 473 (119th) Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
- H.R. 3069 (119th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 3971 (119th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
Related bills
- S. 2488 (119th) Empowering App-Based Workers ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.