S. 2210

Summary

S. 2210, the Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 8, 2025 by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jul 8, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 2210 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 S2210 IS: Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-08
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2210  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   July 8, 2025   Mr. Cassidy  (for himself,  Mr. Tuberville ,  Mr. Scott of South Carolina , and  Mr. Budd ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions    A BILL
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act  .
2.
Consideration of portable benefits with respect to employment status
A determination whether an individual is an employee of a person for the purposes of any Federal law shall be made without considering whether such person provides to the individual—
(1)
a benefit or protection that the individual may maintain without regard to whether the individual continues to perform work for such person;
(2)
a benefit or protection of a type that is commonly provided to a full-time employee;
(3)
a contribution, financial or otherwise, with respect to a benefit described in paragraph (1) or (2) that is—
(A)
made on behalf of the individual by the person in connection with work performed by the individual for the person; or
(B)
made by the individual; or
(4)
a benefit, protection, or contribution that is a combination of any benefit, protection, or contribution described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

A bill to ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) sponsors S. 2210, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 8, 2025

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 8, 2025 · Original

Tim Scott

Sen. · R–SC · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 8, 2025 · Original

Tommy Tuberville

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 8, 2025 · Original

Jim Banks

Sen. · R–IN · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

James Lankford

Sen. · R–OK · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

Ashley Moody

Sen. · R–FL · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 24, 2025

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Committees

S. 2210 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Jul 8, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 2210 has taken 2 actions since Jul 8, 2025.

Votes

S. 2210 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2210 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act — Display Title
• Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

14 clients hired 13 firms and 48 registered lobbyists who named S. 2210 in 53 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Transportation, Insurance.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 48.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2210 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2210’s is Labor and Employment.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com