HR 1286 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Healthy Families Act

Introduced Mar 20, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 20, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked.

Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit.

Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members (including a domestic partner or the domestic partner's parent or child); or (3) seek medical attention, assist a related person, take legal action, or engage in other specified activities relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

Prohibits an employer from interfering with an employee's exercise of such rights.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to exercise certain investigative and enforcement authority for employees covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991. Grants the same authority, for employees under their jurisdiction, to the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General (GAO), the Board of Directors of the congressional Office of Compliance, and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Authorizes civil actions by employees, individuals, or their representatives for damages or equitable relief against employers who violate this Act.

Waives a state's sovereign immunity with respect to a suit brought by an employee of a federally-assisted state program or activity for relief authorized under this Act.

Requires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to annually compile information on paid sick time and the Comptroller General to study related matters.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining more generous leave policies.

Cosponsors 135

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2013 to Nov 13, 2014, with 94 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NVDina TitusOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-TXGene GreenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYGrace MengOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-COJared PolisOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-WARick LarsenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NJRush HoltOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMar 20, 2013
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyApr 9, 2013
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyApr 9, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodApr 9, 2013
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamApr 9, 2013
D-CASusan A. DavisApr 9, 2013
D-COEd PerlmutterApr 12, 2013
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsApr 17, 2013
D-NYTimothy H. BishopApr 18, 2013
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenApr 25, 2013
D-SCJames E. ClyburnApr 25, 2013
D-CAKaren BassApr 25, 2013
D-NYNita M. LoweyApr 25, 2013
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezApr 25, 2013
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeApr 26, 2013
D-VTPeter WelchApr 26, 2013
D-MNTimothy J. WalzApr 26, 2013
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottMay 6, 2013
D-CAAmi BeraMay 14, 2013
D-PAMatt CartwrightMay 20, 2013
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMay 21, 2013
D-MEMichael H. MichaudJul 17, 2013
D-FLAlan GraysonJul 22, 2013
D-HITulsi GabbardJul 22, 2013
D-ILWilliam L. EnyartJul 24, 2013
D-MISander M. LevinSep 9, 2013
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneFeb 3, 2014
D-NYBrian HigginsFeb 10, 2014
D-NYDaniel B. MaffeiFeb 14, 2014
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkFeb 21, 2014
D-NYJoseph CrowleyFeb 27, 2014
D-MAJohn F. TierneyMar 11, 2014
D-WADerek KilmerMar 13, 2014
D-CAJohn GaramendiMar 24, 2014
D-NYSteve IsraelMar 24, 2014
D-NHAnn M. KusterApr 9, 2014
D-NVSteven HorsfordApr 28, 2014
D-ILCheri BustosApr 29, 2014
D-CAJulia BrownleyJun 12, 2014
D-MNRichard M. NolanJun 17, 2014
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Sep 9, 2014
D-WADenny HeckNov 13, 2014

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  3. Mar 20, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Mar 20, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 631Healthy Families ActIdentical billMar 20, 2013
HR 5849Paid Sick Leave ActRelated billDec 11, 2014

Subjects

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  1. Mar 20, 2013Introduced in House

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