Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
Latest action · Feb 12, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 422.
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.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Apr 10, 2025Markup Nov 20, 2025Reported Feb 12, 2026 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-496.
- Feb 12, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 422.
- Nov 20, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
- Nov 20, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 10, 2025Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Cost estimates E804 | Tim Walberg R-MI | Aug 24, 2026 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 21, 2026H.R. 2870, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on February 12, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 65, April 10, 2025, page H1602.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-40 | MODERNIZING RETIREMENT POLICY FOR TODAY'S WORKFORCE120 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jan 7, 2026 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13333 | Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Pay Requirements | Resource | Oct 21, 2026 |
| R48921 | Paid Sick Leave in the United States | Report | Apr 28, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1158 | Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025 | Related bill | Mar 26, 2025 |
Titles 3
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 provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2026Reported in House
- Apr 10, 2025Introduced 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.
