# 119-hr-2262: Flexibility for Workers Education Act

119-hr-2262, Flexibility for Workers Education Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA); status failed; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2262
- Congress: 119
- Title: Flexibility for Workers Education Act
- Status: failed
- Introduced: 2025-03-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## Summary

**Excludes certain clothes-changing and voluntary training time from ‘hours worked’ for overtime.** This bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to say two kinds of time do not count toward overtime calculations.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 209 | 213 |
| 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Failed | 209 | 215 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Changing time unpaid under collective bargaining: cost, low. This would have excluded time spent changing clothes or washing at the start or end of each workday from "hours worked" for overtime purposes. The exclusion would have applied only when a bona fide collective-bargaining agreement or an established custom already excluded that time from measured wor…
- No pay for voluntary training outside hours: cost, low. This would have excluded from "hours worked" any time you spent attending or participating in an education or training program, such as a lecture. The exclusion would have applied whether or not your employer offered or ran the program. It would have only applied if attendance was outside your regu…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2262 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2262)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2262 (as of 2026-06-13).