House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1035.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H506):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1035, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 16, 2026). 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
61 cosponsors — 61 Democrats
0 of 61 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
- H.R. 6020 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff…
- H.R. 248 (119th) Baby Changing on Board Act
- H.R. 6238 (119th) NIH IMPROVE Act
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus Act
- H.R. 247 (119th) Health Care Affordability Act of 2025
- H.R. 8397 (119th) Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act
Related bills
- S. 408 (119th) Job Protection ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.