Living Wage For All Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2026 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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2026 to Nov 10, 2026; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Analilia Mejia | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-TX | Christian D. Menefee | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Apr 28, 2026 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 4, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | May 4, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Nov 10, 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 Apr 28, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2026Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 2026Referred 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. 172, no. 74, April 28, 2026, page H3133.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8002 | Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2026 | Related bill | Mar 19, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To place the Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Living Wage For All Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2026Introduced 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.
