HR 5578 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

Introduced Sep 19, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

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 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2023 to Sep 11, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Sep 19, 2023
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-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Sep 19, 2023
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 20, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Sep 28, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 28, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 28, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda		Nov 8, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Nov 30, 2023
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Sep 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: This Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act modifies various employment and leave rules with respect to part-time workers to ensure their fair treatment.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 151, September 19, 2023, page H4409.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2850	Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act	Identical bill	Sep 19, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights 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.

Sep 19, 2023Introduced in House

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