# 114-hr-2654: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

114-hr-2654, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2654
- Congress: 114
- Title: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Introduced: 2015-06-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 149
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Declares that it is an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) fail to make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept, if such accommodation is unnecessary to perform the job; (3) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (4) require such employees to take paid or unpaid leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations; or (5) take adverse action in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment against an employee requesting or using such reasonable accommodations. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Prohibits state immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution from an action for a violation of this Act.

## Cosponsors (149)

- Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- SANDER LEVIN (D-MI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2015-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-TX), 2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2015-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] (R-CO), 2015-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2015-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2015-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2015-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2015-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- CHAKA FATTAH (D-PA), 2015-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] (R-IL), 2015-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] (D-FL), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2015-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2015-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2015-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-CA), 2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2654 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2654)

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