The Senate on Thursday passed a bill by voice vote that would crack down on sexual harassment on Capitol Hill and update the onerous process for employees to report harassment and discrimination.

The overhaul measure was quickly brought to the floor, after being released Wednesday with the backing of the Senate’s Republican and Democratic leaders.

The bill’s authors, Rules and Administration Chairman Roy Blunt of Missouri and ranking member Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, lauded it as a needed update to the 1995 law that governs workplace harassment and discrimination claims in Congress, dubbed the Congressional Accountability Act.

“This is an antiquated policy” that requires mandatory counseling and mediation for accusers and other steps, “and it’s time for a change,” Klobuchar said. “This is a good day for changing the rules so that the deck is not stacked against victims who should be in a safe workspace.”

Blunt said the 1995 law puts “too many obligations and too many restrictions, in our view, on victims. Those things are all eliminated.” He noted the new measure would make lawmakers personally liable for settlements stemming from their actions: “It puts the responsibility where the American people think it should be.”