H. R. 7531
Introduced in House · February 26, 2026February 12, 2026
Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mrs. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Min, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pou, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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
A BILL
To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Healthy Families Act”.