HR 882 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Time Off to Vote Act

Introduced Jan 30, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Latest action · Jan 30, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 30, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Time Off to Vote Act

This bill entitles an employee to two hours of paid leave on the day of a federal election in order to vote.

The employer may determine the two-hour period, excluding any lunch break or other break.

Taking such leave shall not result in the employee losing accrued employment benefits.

The bill makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with the right to take such leave or for an employer to discriminate against an employee for taking such leave.

The bill makes it unlawful for any employer to retaliate against an employee for (1) opposing any practice made unlawful by this bill; (2) filing a charge, or instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this bill; or (3) testifying or preparing to testify in an inquiry or proceeding relating to such leave.

The bill specifies penalties for employers who violate these provisions.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Oct 16, 2020; 27 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 30, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Feb 6, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Feb 6, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Feb 13, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Mar 4, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Oct 16, 2020

Committees 1

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 Jan 30, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution relating to the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States)

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 19, January 30, 2019, page H1337.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3038	Time Off to Vote Act	Reintroduction of	Jun 23, 2017

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide employees with 2 hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Time Off to Vote Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House

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