House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Don’t STEAL Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for increased criminal and civil penalties for wage theft.
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5048.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 141, August 26, 2025, Page H3712):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5048, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5048
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 12, 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 October 12, 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
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), George Latimer (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Marie Perez (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
- H.R. 7436 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Training Act
- H.R. 2139 (119th) Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
- H.R. 396 (119th) TRUST in Congress Act
- H.R. 6731 (119th) Restore Trust in Government Act
- H.R. 4763 (119th) PTO Act
- H.R. 8517 (119th) Clean Energy Workforce Act
Related bills
- S. 5386 (119th) Don’t STEAL ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.