Skip to main content
H.R. 1035 119th Congress House

Job Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to expand employees eligible for leave and employers subject to leave requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 5, 2025 Introduced by: Lauren Underwood Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensionsEmployee leaveGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2025
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.
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now February 5, 2025

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 7 filings →
 Cosponsors 61
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 15, 2026
D
Hoyle, Val T.
Oregon · Mar 10, 2025
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 10, 2025
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 3, 2025
D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Feb 24, 2025
D
Landsman, Greg
Ohio · Feb 24, 2025
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 24, 2025
D
Menendez, Robert
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2025
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 10, 2025
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 7, 2025
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 7, 2025
D
Ansari, Yassamin
Arizona · Feb 5, 2025
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Feb 5, 2025
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 5, 2025
D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Feb 5, 2025
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 5, 2025
D
Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · Feb 5, 2025
D
Casar, Greg
Texas · Feb 5, 2025
D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Feb 5, 2025
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 5, 2025
D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
Florida · Feb 5, 2025
D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 5, 2025
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 5, 2025
D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Feb 5, 2025
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 5, 2025
D
Deluzio, Christopher R.
Pennsylvania · Feb 5, 2025
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 5, 2025
D
Frost, Maxwell
Florida · Feb 5, 2025
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Feb 5, 2025
D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 5, 2025
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 5, 2025
D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Feb 5, 2025
D
Kennedy, Timothy M.
New York · Feb 5, 2025
D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2025
D
Magaziner, Seth
Rhode Island · Feb 5, 2025
D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Feb 5, 2025
D
McBride, Sarah
Delaware · Feb 5, 2025
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 5, 2025
D
McGarvey, Morgan
Kentucky · Feb 5, 2025
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2025
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 5, 2025
D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2025
D
Mullin, Kevin
California · Feb 5, 2025
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 5, 2025
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 5, 2025
Page 1 of 2 Next
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1035: Job Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1035/
MLA
"H.R. 1035: Job Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1035/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1035, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1035/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 1035: Job Protection Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1035/)
Report a problem