Healthy Families Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to provide a minimum paid sick leave and employment benefits of: (1) seven days annually for those who work at least 30 hours per week; and (2) a prorated annual amount for those who work less than 30 but at least 20 hours a week, or less than 1,500 but at least 1,000 hours per year.
Allows employees to use such leave to meet their own medical needs or to care for the medical needs of certain family members.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to exercise certain investigative and enforcement authority with respect to this Act's provisions for employees covered by title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991. Provides that, for employees under their jurisdiction, such authority shall be exercised by the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General, the Board of Directors of the congressional Office of Compliance, or the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Declares that the requirements under this Act are minimum requirements, and are not to be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining more generous leave policies.
Cosponsors 106
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2007 to Sep 15, 2008; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 28, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 26, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Nov 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jan 23, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jan 23, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Apr 29, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | May 5, 2008 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Sep 15, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 | |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 27, 2007 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 910 | Healthy Families Act | Identical bill | Mar 15, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Families Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative remedies
- Business records
- Caregivers
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Confidential communications
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional employees
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Department of Labor
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Employee rights
- Employers' liability
- Families
- Family leave
- Family violence
- Federal employees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Informers
- Injunctions
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Labor productivity
- Labor statistics
- Law
- Leave of absence
- Legal fees
- Library of Congress
- Limitation of actions
- Married people
- Medical records
- Medical tests
- Parents
- Part-time employment
- Personnel records
- Preventive medicine
- Right of privacy
- Sick leave
- Signs and signboards
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Wage restitution
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in House
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