United States · Bill · S
S. 1979 (118th)
Protecting Older Americans Act of 2023
Introduced
14 June 2023
Last action
16 May 2024 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
Sponsors
Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Richard Durbin, Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Richard Blumenthal, Chuck Grassley, Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Jon Ossoff, Christopher Coons, Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA], Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Josh Hawley
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Protecting Older Americans Act of 2023 This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement or predispute joint-action waiver from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of a dispute involving age discrimination.
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Timeline
14 June 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
14 June 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
9 May 2024
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
16 May 2024
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 396.
Source: Calendars
16 May 2024
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
16 May 2024
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 16 May 2024 · Official file
- Introduced in Senate · 14 June 2023 · Official file
Documents
6 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 May 2024
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 16 May 2024
Reported to Senate
summary · EN · 16 May 2024
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 June 2023
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 June 2023
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 June 2023
Sponsors
- Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Richard Blumenthal · D · Sponsor
- Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Jon Ossoff · D · Cosponsor
- Christopher Coons · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Josh Hawley · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Protecting Older Americans Act of 2023
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1979
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1979
- us · 118-s-1979 · source updated 10 August 2026