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H.R. 5578 118th Congress House

Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

Official title: To extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.

Introduced: September 19, 2023 Introduced by: Janice D. Schakowsky Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Sep 19, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and the Judiciary, 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.
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 Latest action September 19, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Accountability, and the Judiciary, 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2850 Identical bill Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 15
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 11, 2024
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Nov 30, 2023
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Nov 8, 2023
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 28, 2023
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Sep 28, 2023
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 28, 2023
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 20, 2023
Bowman, Jamaal
· Sep 19, 2023
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 19, 2023
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 19, 2023
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 19, 2023
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 19, 2023
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 19, 2023
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 19, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 19, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 19, 2023
Porter, Katie
· Sep 19, 2023
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Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 19, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5578: Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5578/
MLA
"H.R. 5578: Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5578/.
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H.R. 5578, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5578/.
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