House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold each year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Takano D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8868.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 83, May 15, 2026, Page H3551):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8868, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Everton Blair (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Summer Lee (D-PA), John Mannion (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dave Min (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 5723 (119th) Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality Act
- H.R. 7853 (119th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
- H.R. 821 (119th) Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4551 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.