Time Off to Vote Act
Latest action · Apr 11, 2022 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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Time Off to Vote Act
This bill requires an employer, upon the request of an employee, to provide the employee with a minimum of two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in a federal election.
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. Further, 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 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2022 to Jul 13, 2022; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Apr 11, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 13, 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 Apr 11, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 11, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H4438H.R. 7489–7498 | — | Apr 11, 2022 |
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. 168, no. 63, April 11, 2022, page H4438.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5322 | Time Off to Vote Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 1, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide employees with a minimum of two consecutive 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.
- Apr 11, 2022Introduced 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.
