Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 12, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 12, 2023
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
24
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Scholten, Hillary J.
D
Ramirez, Delia C.
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Chu, Judy
D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
D
Takano, Mark
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Magaziner, Seth
D
Pocan, Mark
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
Blumenauer, Earl
D
Casar, Greg
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Cartwright, Matt
Jackson Lee, Sheila
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Moulton, Seth
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Payne, Donald
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4020: Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/
"H.R. 4020: Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/.
H.R. 4020, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/.
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