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S 9821 — Enacts the Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act

Congress · introduced 2026-04-07

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

Latest action: 2026-04-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate — REFERRED TO LABOR

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Inbound (30)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-04-07John Liucosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Liz Kruegercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Jessica Ramoscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07April Baskincosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07James Sanders Jr.cosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Shelley Mayercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Andrew Gounardescosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Erik Bottchercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Michael Gianariscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07James Skoufiscosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Michelle Hincheycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Robert Jacksoncosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Zellnor Myriecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Brian Kavanaghcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Gustavo Riveracosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Kevin S. Parkercosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Pete Harckhamcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Rachel Maycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Cordell Clearecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Leroy Comriecosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07José M. Serranocosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Samra Broukcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Jabari Brisportcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Patricia Fahycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Jeremy Cooneycosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Lea Webbcosponsor_of_bill—cosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-07Julia Salazarsponsor_of_bill—sponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18)sponsor0—5
2Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26)cosponsor0—1
3April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63)cosponsor0—1
4Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27)cosponsor0—1
5Cordell Cleare (—, state_upper NY-30)cosponsor0—1
6Erik Bottcher (—, state_upper NY-47)cosponsor0—1
7Gustavo Rivera (—, state_upper NY-33)cosponsor0—1
8Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25)cosponsor0—1
9James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10)cosponsor0—1
10James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42)cosponsor0—1
11Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56)cosponsor0—1
12Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13)cosponsor0—1
13John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16)cosponsor0—1
14José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29)cosponsor0—1
15Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21)cosponsor0—1
16Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59)cosponsor0—1
17Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52)cosponsor0—1
18Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14)cosponsor0—1
19Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28)cosponsor0—1
20Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32)cosponsor0—1
21Michael Gianaris (—, state_upper NY-12)cosponsor0—1
22Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41)cosponsor0—1
23Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34)cosponsor0—1
24Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46)cosponsor0—1
25Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40)cosponsor0—1

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

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Gustavo Rivera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  10. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  11. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  12. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Cordell Cleare (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  13. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Michael Gianaris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  14. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  15. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  16. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Kevin S. Parker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  17. 2026-04-07 · sponsored by Julia Salazar (sponsor) · sponsorship
  18. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  19. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  20. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  21. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  22. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Erik Bottcher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  23. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  24. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  25. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  26. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  27. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  28. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  29. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by April Baskin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  30. 2026-04-07 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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