House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

ESP Family Leave Act

H.R. 5348Introduced Sep 23, 2021Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedSep 23, 2021
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 23, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5348.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 165, September 23, 2021, Page H5134):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2021 ↗
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December 5, 2025
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5348, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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

33 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 32 Democrats

1 of 33 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Marie Newman (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Adam Smith (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-6 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.