Schedules That Work Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and the Judiciary, 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.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2023 to Dec 11, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 19, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 29, 2024 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 1, 2024 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Nov 20, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Dec 11, 2024 |
Committees 4
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 Sep 19, 2023 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Sep 19, 2023 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 19, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 19, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 19, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and the Judiciary, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 151, September 19, 2023, page H4408.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2851 | Schedules That Work Act | Identical bill | Sep 19, 2023 |
| HR 6670 | Schedules That Work Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Schedules That Work Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 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.
