Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act
This bill provides paid family and medical leave to federal employees.
Currently, federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of administrative leave for one or more of the following reasons: (1) the birth of a child, (2) the adoption or foster care of a child, (3) the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition, (4) inability to work due to a serious health condition, and (5) exigencies relating to an immediate family member's active duty service in the Armed Forces. However, of these reasons, employees are entitled to paid administrative leave only in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care of a child (i.e., parental leave).
The bill provides 12 weeks of paid administrative leave for any of these reasons, and specifies that this leave is in addition to any annual or sick leave to which employees are entitled.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2023 to Sep 11, 2023, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Feb 7, 2023 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 11, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 856 | Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2023 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Adoption and foster care
- Child care and development
- Congressional officers and employees
- District of Columbia
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee leave
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Lawyers and legal services
- Library of Congress
- Military personnel and dependents
- National Guard and reserves
- Postal Regulatory Commission
- Transportation employees
- U.S. Postal Service
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
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