H.R. 1876, The Healthy Families Act (3 wiki edits: view article ↓)
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
- This bill, or a similar bill, was reintroduced in the current Congress as H.R. 1286, The Healthy Families Act.
H.R. 1876 would allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 9/8/2011: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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Costs: $0.13 per
and increases their $162,301.27 share of the national debt by $0.13.
(source: National Taxpayers Union Foundation)
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See Who Sponsored and Cosponsored This Bill
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3rd district) (sponsor)
- Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1st district)
- Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY-4th district)
- Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY-12th district)
- Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-4th district)
- Rep. Eleanor Norton (D-DC-at large)
- Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA-53rd district)
- Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA-3rd district)
- Rep. John Tierney (D-MA-6th district)
- Rep. James McGovern (D-MA-2nd district)
- Rep. Timothy Bishop (D-NY-1st district)
- Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-3rd district)
- Rep. Donna Christensen (D-VI-at large)
- Rep. James Himes (D-CT-4th district)
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3rd district)
- Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-2nd district)
- Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA-27th district)
- Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME-2nd district)
- Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA-3rd district)
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9th district)
- Rep. David Price (D-NC-4th district)
- Rep. Michael Doyle (D-PA-14th district)
- Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA-32nd district)
- Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY-25th district)
- Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ-12th district)
- Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6th district)
- Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY-28th district)
- Rep. George Miller (D-CA-11th district)
- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28th district)
- Rep. John Lewis (D-GA-5th district)
- Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24th district)
- Rep. Janice Hahn (D-CA-44th district)
- Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11th district)
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10th district)
- Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA-14th district)
- Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA-18th district)
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN-5th district)
- Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA-5th district)
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23rd district)
- Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13th district)
- Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37th district)
- Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-7th district)
- Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA-24th district)
- Rep. James Moran (D-VA-8th district)
- Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA-7th district)
- Rep. Henry Johnson (D-GA-4th district)
- Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY-3rd district)
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19th district)
- Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17th district)
- Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA-30th district)
- Rep. Wm. Clay (D-MO-1st district)
- Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA-1st district)
- Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL-20th district)
- Rep. John Conyers (D-MI-13th district)
- Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD-4th district)
- Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14th district)
- Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9th district)
- Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-9th district)
- Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20th district)
- Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ-7th district)
- Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI-4th district)
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL-4th district)
- Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-5th district)
- Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD-3rd district)
- Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY-13th district)
- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA-33rd district)
- Rep. John Larson (D-CT-1st district)
- Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI-14th district)
- Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL-5th district)
- Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40th district)
- Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA-2nd district)
- Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA-17th district)
- Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-13th district)
- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD-8th district)
- Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA-7th district)
- Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-17th district)
- Rep. André Carson (D-IN-7th district)
- Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA-38th district)
- Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-9th district)
- Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY-9th district)
- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL-1st district)
- Rep. Gene Green (D-TX-29th district)
- Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13th district)
- Rep. José Serrano (D-NY-15th district)
- Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-7th district)
- Rep. James Langevin (D-RI-2nd district)
- Rep. Ben Luján (D-NM-3rd district)
- Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA-11th district)
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5th district)
See Related Bills:
- The Healthy Families Act (S. 984)
- The Balancing Act of 2011 (H.R. 2346) (more recent activity!)
- The Rebuild America Act (S. 2252) (more recent activity!)
- The Rebuild America Act (H.R. 5727) (more recent activity!)
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