HR 6230 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Introduced Jun 26, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ

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Latest action · Jun 26, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 26, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fairness for Farm Workers Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers.

The bill requires employers, beginning in 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family.

The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2018 to Dec 20, 2018; 51 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJun 26, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAKaren BassOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CANancy PelosiOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CATed LieuOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJun 26, 2018
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJul 6, 2018
D-HIColleen HanabusaJul 6, 2018
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesJul 6, 2018
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaJul 6, 2018
D-GAJohn LewisJul 6, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJul 18, 2018
D-OHJoyce BeattyJul 18, 2018
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJul 26, 2018
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJul 26, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneySep 12, 2018
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzSep 12, 2018
D-ILMike QuigleySep 12, 2018
D-CAJared HuffmanOct 9, 2018
D-CAJimmy PanettaDec 20, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 26, 2018

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2018Introduced in House
  2. Jun 26, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 107, June 26, 2018, page H5749.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3131Fairness for Farm Workers ActIdentical billJun 25, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 26, 2018Introduced in House

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