House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act
Official title: To establish eligibility requirements for covered educational employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 5222.
- 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. 171, No. 147, September 9, 2025, Page H4165):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5222, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5222
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 14, 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
74 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 73 Democrats
1 of 74 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.
- H.R. 2591 (119th) Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
- H.R. 2592 (119th) Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 7977 (119th) Energy Bills Relief Act
- H.R. 7645 (119th) Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026
- H.R. 381 (119th) LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025
- H.R. 1666 (119th) Pell Grant Sustainability Act
Related bills
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.