115-hr-6230115th Congress

Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Sponsored By: Representative Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

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Summary

Fairness for Farm Workers Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

AZ • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • JOSE SERRANO

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • MICHAEL CAPUANO

    MA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • LUIS GUTIERREZ

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]

    MP • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2018

  • JOHN LEWIS

    GA • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2018

  • Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2018

  • Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2018

  • Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2018

  • Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/6/2018

  • Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 7/18/2018

  • Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 7/18/2018

  • WM. CLAY

    MO • D

    Sponsored 7/26/2018

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 7/26/2018

  • Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 9/12/2018

  • Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/12/2018

  • Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/12/2018

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/9/2018

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/20/2018

Roll Call Votes

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