# 119-s-533: National Right-to-Work Act

119-s-533, National Right-to-Work Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-533
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Right-to-Work Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Protects workers' freedom to join or not join a union.** This bill would curb legal arrangements that make union membership or payments a condition of employment and would limit union-security mechanisms in federal labor law. - Workers: Would strengthen the right of employees to refrain from joining or financially supporting a union and ban employment conditions tied to membership. - Unions and employers: Would remove or narrow key legal tools that support union-security agreements, including a proviso in the National Labor Relations Act that has allowed certain membership conditions. - Contracts and statutory links: Would apply only to collective agreements entered into or renewed after enactment and would update cross-references in other laws, such as the Social Security Act and the Railway Labor Act, to reflect the new rules.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- End mandatory union membership clauses: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would ban union-security rules in collective bargaining agreements made or renewed after enactment. If you are covered by a new or renewed contract, you would not have to join a union or pay mandatory dues. The bill removes statutory exceptions that previously allowed some memb…
- Remove a railway duty paragraph: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would strike the Eleventh general-duty paragraph in the Railway Labor Act and renumber the following paragraph. The change would apply to agreements entered into or renewed after enactment. Rail carriers and rail workers could see changed legal duties, but this is a sector-spec…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-128: SAVE Act
- 119-s-5: Laken Riley Act
- 119-sres-585: A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

## Sources
- [119-s-533 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/533)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-128: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-128)
- [119-s-5: Laken Riley Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5)
- [119-sres-585: A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Ben Nighthorse Camp…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-585)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-533 (as of 2025-12-21).