H.R. 2736 · 119th Congress

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 8, 2025 by Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1). 192 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 8, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 8, 2025
Cosponsors
192
6 from the other party
Policy area
Labor and Employment
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Labor-management relations
  • State and local government operations

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Donald NorcrossD-NJ-1Sponsor

Democrats · 186

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AFL-CIO6 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  2. American Federation of Teachers6 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  3. Peace Officers Research Association of California6 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  4. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  5. Service Employees International Union CTW-CLC5 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  6. THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES4 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  8. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS2 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  9. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.