Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2015 to Sep 9, 2016, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Nov 19, 2015 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Nov 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Nov 19, 2015 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Nov 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Dec 3, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 3, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 8, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Dec 11, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 6, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Nov 19, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2321 | Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Nov 19, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2015Introduced in House
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