S. 2168: RESPECT Act
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S. 2168: RESPECT Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-03-07 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-03-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
RESPECT Act
Plain summary
Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers Act or RESPECT Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise the definition of "supervisor" in the following ways: (1) require the individual to have authority over employees for a majority of the individual's worktime, and (2) remove authority to assign other employees and to responsibly direct employees as conditions for being considered a supervisor.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 7 cosponsors
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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] reported raising $771,465 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s2168.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s2168 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112