House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

H.R. 6818Introduced Dec 17, 2025Policy area: Labor and Employment

Official title: To extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of family and medical leave and to ensure equitable treatment in the workplace.

Sponsor: Rep. Janice Schakowsky D-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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. 6818.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6025):
The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
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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

34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats

0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Lateefah Simon (D-CA) and 4 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.

Related bills

S. 3547 (119th) Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act
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Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-9 district

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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.