House Panel Advances Bill Limiting #MeToo Nondisclosure Pacts

A House committee advanced a bill that would void nondisclosure agreements for workers reporting allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, less than six months after similar legislation limiting arbitration pacts was signed into law.

The US House Judiciary Committee voted 22-13 to advance the measure (H.R. 8227), also known as the SPEAK Out Act. It’s been introduced with Republican support in both the upper and lower chambers of Congress—a rare feat among exceedingly partisan lawmakers. The Senate companion bill was introduced today, with the support of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.). The House ...