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Introduced
02/01/2023
02/01/2023
In Committee
02/01/2023
02/01/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Job Protection Act, aims to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to expand the eligibility for leave and the number of employers subject to FMLA requirements. The key provisions of the bill include:
1. Reducing the employee eligibility threshold from 12 months of employment to 90 days, allowing more workers to access FMLA leave.
2. Removing the requirement for federal employees, presidential employees, and congressional employees to have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months, instead applying the 90-day eligibility threshold.
3. Expanding the FMLA coverage to employers with 1 or more employees, instead of the current threshold of 50 or more employees, thus requiring more businesses to provide FMLA leave.
The overall goal of the bill is to expand access to family and medical leave for a broader range of workers and employers, providing more job protection for employees during personal or family health emergencies.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (101)
Lauren Underwood (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Pete Aguilar (D),
Colin Allred (D),
Becca Balint (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Don Beyer (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Jamaal Bowman (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Cori Bush (D),
Yadira Caraveo (D),
André Carson (D),
Troy Carter (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Greg Casar (D),
Sean Casten (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Jason Crow (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Don Davis (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Chris Deluzio (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Valerie Foushee (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
Maxwell Frost (D),
Robert Garcia (D),
Chuy García (D),
Dan Goldman (D),
Jimmy Gomez (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Val Hoyle (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Sara Jacobs (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Greg Landsman (D),
John Larson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Summer Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Seth Magaziner (D),
Kathy Manning (D),
Lucy McBath (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Morgan McGarvey (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Rob Menendez (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Kweisi Mfume (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Kevin Mullin (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Wiley Nickel (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Nancy Pelosi (D),
Mary Peltola (D),
Brittany Pettersen (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Jill Tokuda (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Nikema Williams (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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. (on 02/01/2023)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/694/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr694/BILLS-118hr694ih.pdf |
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