HR 2996 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Safe Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Act

Latest action · Apr 28, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and House Administration, 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2023 to Nov 13, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalApr 28, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickMay 18, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonMay 18, 2023
D-TXJasmine CrockettMay 18, 2023
D-CAKevin MullinMay 18, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeMay 18, 2023
D-NCDonald G. DavisMay 23, 2023
R-SCNancy MaceMay 23, 2023
D-TXColin Z. AllredMay 30, 2023
D-NHAnn M. KusterMay 31, 2023
D-MDGlenn IveyJun 6, 2023
R-IAAshley HinsonJun 12, 2023
D-NYGrace MengJun 12, 2023
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleJun 13, 2023
D-NJAndy KimJul 13, 2023
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneSep 21, 2023
D-NVSusie LeeOct 17, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonNov 15, 2023
D-CARo KhannaNov 29, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibMar 5, 2024
D-ILNikki BudzinskiNov 13, 2024

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2023
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Apr 28, 2023
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Apr 28, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 28, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and House Administration, 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 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 72, April 28, 2023, page H2119.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave for an employee to meet their needs related to being a victim of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Safe Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2023Introduced in House

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