House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Domestic Violence Leave Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3151.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WOOLSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6781):This bill is introduced under the powers granted to Congress under Article 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3151, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3151, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
46 cosponsors — 46 Democrats
0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lois Capps (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Brad Miller (D-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.