# 116-hr-6189: To limit employers from requiring employees to use vacation leave before using sick leave, and for other purposes.

116-hr-6189, To limit employers from requiring employees to use vacation leave before using sick leave, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX); status Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6189
- Congress: 116
- Title: To limit employers from requiring employees to use vacation leave before using sick leave, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 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.
- Introduced: 2020-03-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill prohibits employers from requiring employees to use or substitute accrued personal leave in place of medical or sick leave.

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6189 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6189)

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- [116-hr-8721: Public Banking Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8721)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8641: Jamal Khashoggi Press Freedom Accountability Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8641)
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