H.R. 2775: Employee Privacy Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-06 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Employee Privacy Protection Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Employee Privacy Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board, not earlier than seven days after it makes a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit in a proposed election for collective bargaining representation, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties; and (2) include the employees' names and not more than one additional form of personal contact information (e.g., telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employees in writing.

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Official text

Employee Privacy Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] · 15 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act (2017-07-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2775.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2775 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115