United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5849 (113th)
Paid Sick Leave Act
Introduced
11 December 2014
Last action
11 December 2014 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, 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.
Sponsors
Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Paid Sick Leave Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members ; or (3) seek medical attention, assist a related person, take legal action, or engage in other specified activities relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
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Timeline
11 December 2014
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
11 December 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 December 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 11 December 2014 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 December 2014
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 December 2014
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 December 2014
Sponsors
Related records
- related to → Healthy Families Act
- related to ← Healthy Families Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5849
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5849
- us · 113-hr-5849 · source updated 12 August 2025