Law bars people convicted of child sex crimes from leading unions
H.R. 8775 — Ending Predator Access to Union Power Act · Filed by Joe Wilson (R-SC) · Introduced May 12, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill adds a new rule to federal labor law. People convicted of sex crimes against children cannot hold leadership jobs in unions. The rule takes effect 30 days after the law is signed. It joins other crimes that already ban union leaders. Those crimes include robbery, bribery, embezzlement, and burglary.
Who it affects
Union members and the public are affected. The law stops people convicted of child sexual abuse from becoming union leaders.
One thing to notice
The law does not create a new way to catch crimes. It relies on unions and members to know about convictions.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- May 12, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 12, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $760,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 103 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Joe Wilson, who sponsored the bill, received $280,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- AFL-CIO — $760,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- convicted — Found guilty of a crime in court
- federal labor law — Rules made by the U.S. government about workers and unions
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (625 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-19.
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