HR 8427 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Tipped Worker Protection Act

Introduced Jul 19, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Jahana Hayes D-CT

Latest action · Jul 19, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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 19, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Tipped Worker Protection Act

This bill increases the minimum wage for tipped employees over a phase-in period and provides a process for employers to pool and distribute tips.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 19, 2022 to Sep 14, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-IL	Marie Newman	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jul 19, 2022
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jul 20, 2022
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jul 20, 2022
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 27, 2022
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jul 28, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Aug 12, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 14, 2022

Committees 2

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 19, 2022
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 19, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 19, 2022Introduced in House
Jul 19, 2022Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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 I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 119, July 19, 2022, page H6883.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 5369	Tipped Worker Protection Act	Reintroduced Bill	Sep 8, 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 repeal the separate minimum wage for tipped employees, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Tipped Worker Protection Act

Subjects

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

Labor and Employment

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 19, 2022Introduced in House

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