Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
Latest action · Jul 27, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
This bill shortens the standard workweek under federal law from 40 hours to 32 hours over a three-year phase in period. It also requires specified overtime pay for workdays longer than eight hours.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2021 to Feb 9, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 27, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jul 27, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 27, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Feb 9, 2022 |
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 Jul 27, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2021Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 131, July 27, 2021, pages H4091, H4090.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1332 | Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 1, 2023 |
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 reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
