3.0.0 4524 2023-11-09T21:13:47Z 2023-11-09T21:13:47Z Senate S 2022-07-13 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2022-09-20T20:47:40Z Markup by 2022-09-15T13:00:00Z Referred to 2022-07-13T21:51:58Z Speak Out Act 117 8227 HR 2022-07-13 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 13. Related bill CRS Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 4524) to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment; and for other purposes. 117 1464 HRES 2022-11-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 13:21:49 Procedurally-related House 2022-12-07 Became Public Law No: 117-224. President E40000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-07 Became Public Law No: 117-224. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-07 Signed by President. President E30000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-07 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-01 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-01 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2022-11-16 13:53:25 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2022-11-16 13:53:23 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 315 - 109 (Roll no. 480). (text: CR H8518) Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 480 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll480.xml House 117 2022-11-16T18:53:23Z 2 2022-11-16 13:53:23 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 315 - 109 (Roll no. 480). Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 480 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll480.xml House 117 2022-11-16T18:53:23Z 2 2022-11-16 13:09:03 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. Floor H35000 2 House floor actions 2022-11-16 12:18:02 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 4524. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2022-11-16 12:17:53 Rule provides for consideration of S. 4524 with 1 hour of general debate. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution provides that any time through the legislative day of Nov. 18, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House suspend the rules with respect to multiple measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of November 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2022, on which the yeas and nays were postponed. The resolution provides that H.Res. 1463 is hereby adopted and one motion to commit. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2022-11-16 12:17:48 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1464. (consideration: CR H8518-8525) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2022-11-15 13:21:49 Rule H. Res. 1464 passed House. Floor H1L220 2 House floor actions 2022-11-14 15:22:35 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1464 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 4524 with 1 hour of general debate. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution provides that any time through the legislative day of Nov. 18, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the House suspend the rules with respect to multiple measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of November 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2022, on which the yeas and nays were postponed. The resolution provides that H.Res. 1463 is hereby adopted and one motion to commit. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2022-09-30 10:22:19 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2022-09-30 10:09:50 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2022-09-30 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2022-09-29 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6050; text: CR S6050) Floor 2022-09-29 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2022-09-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493. Calendars 2022-09-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2022-09-20 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-09-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2022-07-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2022-07-13 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2022-07-13 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2022-07-13 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2022-07-18 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-08-03 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2022-08-03 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-09-15 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2022-09-15 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2022-09-15 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-09-15 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2022-09-15 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2022-09-15 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-09-15 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2022-09-15 False 2022-11-15T16:09:00Z S. 4524, Speak Out Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58779 As passed by the Senate on September 29, 2022 Public Law 117-224 Law Assault and harassment offenses Contracts and agency Crime victims Sex offenses Law 00 2022-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-10T16:05:24Z Speak Out Act

This bill prohibits the judicial enforceability of a predispute nondisclosure clause or predispute nondisparagement clause in a sexual assault dispute or sexual harassment dispute involving conduct that allegedly violates federal, tribal, or state law.

]]> 25 2022-09-20 Reported to Senate 2022-11-10T16:53:25Z Speak Out Act

This bill prohibits the judicial enforceability of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, tribal, or state law.

]]> 55 2022-09-29 Passed Senate 2022-11-10T17:14:27Z Speak Out Act

This bill prohibits the judicial enforceability of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, tribal, or state law.

]]> 53 2022-11-16 Passed House 2022-11-21T16:09:12Z Speak Out Act

This bill prohibits the judicial enforceability of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, tribal, or state law.

]]> 49 2022-12-07 Public Law 2023-02-09T22:02:21Z Speak Out Act

This act prohibits the judicial enforceability of a nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before a dispute arises involving sexual assault or sexual harassment in violation of federal, tribal, or state law.

]]> Speak Out Act Display Title Speak Out Act Short Titles as Enacted Speak Out Act Short Titles as Passed House Speak Out Act H House Short Title(s) as Passed Senate Speak Out Act S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Speak Out Act S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Introduced Speak Out Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. Introduced in Senate IS Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4524enr/xml/BILLS-117s4524enr.xml Engrossed in Senate 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4524es/xml/BILLS-117s4524es.xml Reported to Senate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4524rs/xml/BILLS-117s4524rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4524is/xml/BILLS-117s4524is.xml 2022-12-08T04:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ224/uslm/PLAW-117publ224.xml Public Law 2022-12-07 Became Public Law No: 117-224. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.