House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the garnishment of wages in relation to medical debt, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10373.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 144, September 14, 2026, Page H5622):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10373, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10373
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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.
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
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- H.Res. 435 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
- H.Res. 237 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of…
- H.R. 20 (119th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- H.R. 2743 (119th) Raise the Wage Act of 2025
- H.R. 1954 (119th) Do No Harm Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.