Encourage more companies to adopt employee profit-sharing or ownership models.

The plan says she would encourage companies to explore profit sharing that gives workers an ownership stake.

Hassan committed to encouraging employee profit-sharing models.

Innovate NH 2.0: A Granite State Roadmap for Fostering Innovation, Supporting Job-Creating Businesses and Expanding Opportunity
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Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HASSAN, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hassan was an original co-sponsor of a 2017 bill to establish an employee ownership and participation initiative.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-115s1081is.pdf
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Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined a group of their colleagues in introducing two pieces of legislation to help workers form employee-owned businesses.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hassan's office documented additional legislative effort aimed directly at expanding employee-owned businesses.

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Senators Hassan, Shaheen Join in Introducing Legislative Package to Encourage Employee-Owned Companies
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The Secretary shall establish within the Department of Labor an Employee Ownership Initiative to promote employee ownership.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted U.S. Code now requires a Department of Labor Employee Ownership Initiative, a concrete federal mechanism to encourage employee ownership.

delivered same_term

U.S.C. Title 29 - LABOR
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Vote Result: Motion Agreed to

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hassan voted Yea on the final Senate motion for H.R. 2617, the vehicle that became Public Law 117-328 and included the WORK Act provisions.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 421
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In February 2026, Congress appropriated $2 million within the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 for grants authorized by section 346 of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Department of Labor reports the employee ownership initiative was implemented and later received grant funding, furthering the ownership-adoption goal.

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Employee Ownership Initiative | U.S. Department of Labor
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Create a new position within the Employee Ownership Initiative that would promote employee ownership and coordinate interactions between DOL and other agencies, employers, workers, and other interested parties.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A later Hassan-cosponsored employee-ownership bill passed the Senate but remained an unenacted effort as of this refresh.

unresolved later_term A for effort

S. 1728, Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025 | Congressional Budget Office
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