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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act

S. 5605Introduced Sep 30, 2026Policy area: Labor and Employment

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that any mandatory predispute or coerced postdispute arbitration clause, class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan participants, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Tina Smith D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 30, 2026 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

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Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Tina Smith.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress

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Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.