House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Modern Worker Security Act
Official title: To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1320.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1320, Modern Worker Security Act” on March 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 20, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62231
- CBO publication date
- March 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1320, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-506 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/506
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1320, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 1320, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25bb4505451339dca3cd0d99b1237a8dfc9e90cd53e58462c8ea37dd397683bd
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), Robert Onder (R-MO), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Kiley.
- H.R. 3495 (119th) Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
- H.R. 1319 (119th) Modern Worker Empowerment Act
- H.R. 584 (119th) No Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2025
- H.R. 863 (119th) National Human Trafficking Database Act
- H.R. 4889 (119th) To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
- H.R. 5194 (119th) Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025
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.