H.R. 7531 (IH) - Healthy Families Act - BILLS-119hr7531ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

February 12, 2026

Action

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Min, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pou, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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

Bill Number

H.R. 7531

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Healthy Families Act

Full Title

To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Sponsors

Rosa L. DeLauro(CT)

Cosponsors

Alma S. Adams (NC); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Shontel M. Brown (OH); Julia Brownley (CA); Nikki Budzinski (IL); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Greg Casar (TX); Kathy Castor (FL); Joaquin Castro (TX); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Judy Chu (CA); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Veronica Escobar (TX); Dwight Evans (PA); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Bill Foster (IL); Lois Frankel (FL); Laura Friedman (CA); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Jahana Hayes (CT); James A. Himes (CT); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Steven Horsford (NV); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Glenn Ivey (MD); Sara Jacobs (CA); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Julie Johnson (TX); Marcy Kaptur (OH); William R. Keating (MA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Greg Landsman (OH); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); George Latimer (NY); Summer L. Lee (PA); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Lucy McBath (GA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Betty McCollum (MN); Morgan McGarvey (KY); James P. McGovern (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Robert Menendez (NJ); Grace Meng (NY); Dave Min (CA); Gwen Moore (WI); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Seth Moulton (MA); Frank J. Mrvan (IN); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Joe Neguse (CO); Donald Norcross (NJ); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Ilhan Omar (MN); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Chellie Pingree (ME); Mark Pocan (WI); Nellie Pou (NJ); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Jamie Raskin (MD); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Andrea Salinas (OR); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Brad Sherman (CA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Darren Soto (FL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Mike Thompson (CA); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Dina Titus (NV); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Ritchie Torres (NY); Lori Trahan (MA); Lauren Underwood (IL); Juan Vargas (CA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Maxine Waters (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); George Whitesides (CA); Nikema Williams (GA); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Raul Ruiz (CA)

Committees

Committee on Education and Workforce (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on House Administration (Standing)

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 1301, 1312 and 1384
3 U.S.C. 411(c) and Chapter 5
5 U.S.C. Chapter 63
29 U.S.C. 1002, 142, 203, 206, 207, 209, 211, 213 and 2615
34 U.S.C. 12291(a)
42 U.S.C. 1320d-2, 1320d-6, 1988, 2000d-4a and 2000e-16c
45 U.S.C. 152
49 U.S.C. 10102