S 2799 · in committee · significant
Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
- civil rights
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill bars companies from using pre-dispute arbitration agreements to force employees, consumers, and others into private arbitration instead of court.
- Employees, consumers, and people with civil rights claims are affected by this change to dispute resolution rules.
- The bill takes effect immediately upon passage and has no direct federal cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would eliminating forced arbitration agreements affect the ability of employees and consumers to actually afford taking legal action against large companies?
- 02
What evidence exists that moving disputes from private arbitration to courts would reduce or increase access to justice for workers and consumers?
- 03
Which parties—employers, consumers, courts, or arbitration companies—would bear the greatest costs or benefits if this bill becomes law?
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Sponsor · D-CT
Richard Blumenthal
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
34/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-09-15
Joining the bill

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original

Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original

Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-DE · original

Maria Cantwell
D-WA · original

Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · original

Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original

Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original

Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original

Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY · original

Mazie K. Hirono
D-HI · original

Martin Heinrich
D-NM · original

Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original
+ 22 more
Legislative timeline
2025-09-15 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-09-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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