2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB1286: Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Legislative Summary
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee.
Bill History
4/3/2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(4/3/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 32
Independent: 2
Primary Sponsor

Tina Smith
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (33)
Ben Lujan
Democrat
Jeff Merkley
Democrat
Christopher Murphy
Democrat
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat
Raphael Warnock
Democrat
Mazie Hirono
Democrat
Richard Durbin
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat
John Fetterman
Democrat
Ron Wyden
Democrat
Jack Reed
Democrat
Jacky Rosen
Democrat
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
Michael Bennet
Democrat
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat
Ruben Gallego
Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat
Brian Schatz
Democrat
Peter Welch
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat
Bernard Sanders
Independent
Angus King
Independent
Mark Kelly
Democrat
Edward Markey
Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democrat
Martin Heinrich
Democrat
Maria Cantwell
Democrat
Alex Padilla
Democrat
Patty Murray
Democrat
Cory Booker
Democrat