Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
Latest action · Jun 12, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2023 to Dec 17, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jun 12, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 12, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 7, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 14, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jul 5, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Sep 24, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Dec 17, 2024 |
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 Jun 12, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2023Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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. 169, no. 102, June 12, 2023, page H2810.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1921 | Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act | Identical bill | Jun 12, 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 prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2023Introduced 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.
