United States · Bill · S
S. 478 (111th)
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
Introduced
25 February 2009
Last action
26 February 2009 · Calendars
Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
Sponsors
Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], John Cornyn, Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Roger Wicker, Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN], Mitch McConnell, Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4], John Thune, Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], John Barrasso, Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS], Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Chuck Grassley
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.
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Timeline
25 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
25 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
26 February 2009
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
Source: Calendars
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 26 February 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 26 February 2009
Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 26 February 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 25 February 2009
Sponsors
- Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Mitch McConnell · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] · R · Sponsor
- John Thune · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
Related records
- related to → Secret Ballot Protection Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/478
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/478
- us · 111-s-478 · source updated 14 August 2025