S 8789 — Defines "employer" for purposes of the fair credit reporting act; relates to the requesting or use for employment purposes of the consumer credit history of an applicant for employment or employee; repealer
Congress · introduced 2026-01-08
Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.
Latest action: 2026-02-13 — SIGNED_BY_GOV
Sponsors
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — sponsor · 2026-01-08
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.77
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
- · assembly — SUBSTITUTED FOR A9475
- · assembly — ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- · senate — SIGNED CHAP.71
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| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | James Sanders Jr. | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-08 · sponsored by James Sanders Jr. (sponsor) · sponsorship