Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021
Negotiated by farm groups and labor, passed the House with 30 Republicans, and never got a Senate vote.
- BillH.R. 1603
- Congress117th Congress, 2021 to 2023
- SponsorZoe Lofgren (Democrat, CA)
- IntroducedMarch 8, 2021
- Cause of deathPassed one chamber
- Died inthe Senate
What it would have done
Gave undocumented farmworkers a way to earn legal status through continued agricultural work, and overhauled the H-2A seasonal visa program that farms use to hire workers.
The path to law
One chamber passed it. The other chamber’s leadership never brought it to the floor, and it expired when the Congress ended.
The votes
House, March 18, 2021. On passage.
247 yea, 174 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
Other lives of this bill
116th CongressFarm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019. Passed the House in December 2019; died in the Senate.
The record
Last verified November 10, 2026.