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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 100 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to protect the |
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| 6 | 6 | | ‘‘gig economy’’ and small businesses that operate in large part through |
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| 7 | 7 | | contractor services from the threat of costly class action litigation, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
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| 16 | 16 | | to protect the ‘‘gig economy’’ and small businesses that |
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| 17 | 17 | | operate in large part through contractor services from |
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| 18 | 18 | | the threat of costly class action litigation, and for other |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect the Gig Econ-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | omy Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 100 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. PROTECTING THE GIG ECONOMY FROM CLASS AC-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | TIONS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | is amended— 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | end; 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(5) the claim does not allege the 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | misclassification of employees as independent con-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tractors.’’. 13 |
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