House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
ESP Family Leave Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, 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. 770.
- 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. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H681):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would provide education support professionals and school support staff with access to FMLA.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 770, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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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
82 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 76 Democrats
6 of 82 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.
- H.R. 6747 (118th) Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023
- H.R. 1742 (118th) Pell Grant Sustainability Act
- H.R. 4475 (118th) Period PROUD (Providing Resources for Our Underserved and Disadvantaged) Act of 2023
- H.R. 4852 (118th) IDs for an Inclusive Democracy Act
- H.R. 10207 (118th) LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2024
- H.R. 2418 (118th) Gun Trafficker Detection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.