S. 478: Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
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S. 478: Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-25 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
Plain summary
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.
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Official text
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · 21 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
John Cornyn (R-TX), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s478.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s478 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111