House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
Official title: To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 7583.
- 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. 172, No. 31, February 13, 2026, Page H2225):Art 1 Sec 8 Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7583, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 4, 2026). 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.R. 5889 (119th) Eviction Helpline Act
- H.J.Res. 80 (119th) Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- H.R. 4611 (119th) EACH Act of 2025
- H.R. 5657 (119th) Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
- H.R. 40 (119th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Related bills
- S. 3865 (119th) BE HEARD in the Workplace ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.