Don’t STEAL Act
Latest action · Aug 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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.
- IntroducedAug 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 26, 2025 to Aug 3, 2026; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Aug 26, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Aug 3, 2026 |
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 Aug 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Aug 26, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and 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. 171, no. 141, August 26, 2025, page H3712.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5386 | Don’t STEAL Act | Identical bill | Sep 14, 2026 |
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 for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Don’t STEAL Act
- Don’t Stand for Taking Employed Americans’ Livings Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 26, 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.
