US Congress House Bill 4978

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: Introduced on July 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

Agricultural Worker Justice Act

Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]	Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL]	Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX]	Rep. Christopher Deluzio [D-PA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]
Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jonathan Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Morgan McGarvey [D-KY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Greg Landsman [D-OH]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-09-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2023-07-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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.
2023-07-27	House	Introduced in House

HB4559 (Related) 2023-08-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
SB1288 (Related) 2023-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB3139 (Related) 2024-03-06 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
SB2601 (Same As) 2023-07-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB2822 (Related) 2023-04-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4978/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr4978/BILLS-118hr4978ih.pdf