S. 878: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-07 · Law · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013

Plain summary

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute. Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.

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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · 25 cosponsors

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Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s878.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s878 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113