# 114-hr-2887: Time Off to Vote Act

114-hr-2887, Time Off to Vote Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2887
- Congress: 114
- Title: Time Off to Vote Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Introduced: 2015-06-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Time Off to Vote Act Entitles an employee to two hours of paid leave on the day of any federal election in order to vote. Gives the employer the right to determine the two-hour-period, excluding any lunch break or other break. Prohibits the loss of benefits for any employee taking such leave under this Act. Makes it unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise, the right to take leave under this Act, or to discriminate against an employee in any manner for taking leave under this Act. Makes it unlawful for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual for: (1) opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act; (2) filing any charge, or instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this Act; or (3) testifying or preparing to testifying in any inquiry or proceeding relating to any leave provided under this Act. Specifies the penalties for any employer who violates this Act.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2887 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2887)

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