Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of considering legislation that would reinforce the goals of the working families agenda.
Latest action · Nov 23, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 29, 2015
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a working families agenda is established to:
- raise the minimum wage, strengthen workers' right to organize, and protect workers from misclassification;
- provide workers with paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible and stable schedules, access to high-quality early learning opportunities, and affordable child care; and
- strengthen the law guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, ensure specified rights for pregnant workers, and ensure workers have explicit protections from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Declares the sense of the House furthermore that hearings and votes should be held on specified House bills, including H.R. 2150, the Raise the Wage Act, and H.R. 1439, the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act).
Cosponsors 118
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2015 to Jan 25, 2016, with 109 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Oct 29, 2015 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 29, 2015Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
- Oct 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Oct 28, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7321-7322)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Child care and development
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Preschool education
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Wages and earnings
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Women's rights
- Worker safety and health
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2015Introduced in House
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