United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 785 (118th)
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees, and for other purposes.
Introduced
2 February 2023
Last action
2 February 2023 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sponsors
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29], Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Colin Allred, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35], Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
This bill requires employers to provide construction employees with at least one, 15-minute paid rest break for every four hours of work. At the time of hiring, employers also must notify employees about their right to paid rest breaks and display information about such breaks at applicable work sites. Further, employers may not take retaliatory personnel actions or otherwise discriminate against employees who (1) request or take paid rest breaks, or (2) file related complaints with the Department of Labor.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
2 February 2023
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 2 February 2023 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 February 2023
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 2 February 2023
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 2 February 2023
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Colin Allred · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/785
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/785
- us · 118-hr-785 · source updated 21 July 2025