Save Local Business Act passed the House 183 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJul 14, 2025
ReportedJul 23, 2025
Passed one chamberJan 13, 2026
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
Save Local Business Act This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer of the employees of another employer under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees; determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits; day-to-day supervision of employees; assigning individual work schedules, positions, or tasks; or administering employee discipline.
Context
- Committees
- House Education and Workforce Committee
- Policy area
- Labor and Employment: 17 of 2,258 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 43 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 2, from introduced in house to reported in house · 262 words
- Subjects
- Labor standardsLabor-management relationsWages and earnings
- Latest action
- Jan 13, 2026: Rule H. Res. 988 passed House.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 988 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements con R · Agreed to
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]