S. 852 · 119th Congress

Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 5, 2025 by Bernard Sanders (I-VT). 45 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Mar 5, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
Cosponsors
45
0 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

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

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.

Bernard SandersI-VTSponsor

Democrats · 44

Independents · 1

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. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

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. AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION17 reports
    $4.6M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS12 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  3. National Retail Federation12 reports
    $14.4M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS11 reports
    $7.8M reported (all issues)
  5. National Association of Small Trucking Companies7 reports
    $157K reported (all issues)
  6. AFL-CIO6 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  7. ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS6 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  9. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.6 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  10. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC.6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  11. ARGENTUM6 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  12. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.6 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)
  13. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $922.7K reported (all issues)
  14. American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO6 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)
  15. FEDEX CORPORATION6 reports
    $18.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.$407.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. FINSECA6 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  17. FOOD MARKETPLACE INC.6 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  18. INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC6 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  19. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES6 reports
    $705K reported (all issues)
  20. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS6 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)
  21. INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  22. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA6 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  23. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS6 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  24. NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  25. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION6 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  26. NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business)6 reports
    $11.7M reported (all issues)
  27. National Postal Mail Handlers Union6 reports
    $42K reported (all issues)
  28. National Roofing Contractors Association6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  29. SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $12.9M reported (all issues)
  30. SNAC International6 reports
  31. THE HOME DEPOT INC.6 reports
    $4.9M reported (all issues)
  32. THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE6 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  33. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $562.5K reported (all issues)
  34. Utility Workers Union of America6 reports
    $307.3K reported (all issues)
  35. VOTEVETS ACTION FUND, INC.6 reports
    $330.1K reported (all issues)
  36. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIOAI match · 100%
  37. Service Employees International Union CTW-CLC5 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  38. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES4 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  39. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  40. INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE4 reports
    $770K 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.