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119-hr-7917119th CongressWALLET

Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act

Sponsored By: Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]

Introduced

Summary

Extends FLSA minimum wage and overtime protections to certain casual babysitting in private homes. This bill narrows exemption language and adds new definitions so that irregular, nonprofessional babysitting in a child's home is covered by wage and overtime rules rather than treated as a broad domestic-service exception.

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  • Families: Households that hire occasional babysitters may need to pay minimum wage and overtime when care is irregular or intermittent and not provided by someone whose vocation is babysitting.
  • Casual caregivers: People who do part-time or irregular babysitting for private homes gain explicit wage and overtime protections, with up to 20 percent of their time allowed for incidental household tasks.
  • Trained professionals: Registered nurses, vocational or practical nurses, home health aides, and personal care aides are carved out of the new "babysitting services" definition and are not newly covered by this change.

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New pay rules for home babysitters

If enacted, this bill would narrow the FLSA home‑care exemption so it applies to casual babysitting in a child’s private home. It would define "babysitting services" as custodial care of children where they live and would exclude nurses and home health aides. It would define "casual basis" as irregular or intermittent work by someone whose vocation is not babysitting and allow incidental household chores only up to 20 percent of babysitting time. The bill would also repeal subsection (b)(21), but the excerpt does not say what that paragraph covered. If passed, more casual babysitters would be eligible for minimum wage and overtime, and households that hire them would likely face higher pay or more recordkeeping.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]

    CA • D

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  • Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/28/2026

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

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  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

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

    FL • D

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  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

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  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

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

    DC • D

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    NJ • D

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    OR • D

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    CA • D

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    IL • D

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    NY • D

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    PA • D

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    IN • D

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    MA • D

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    CO • D

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    WA • D

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    IL • D

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    TX • D

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    OR • D

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    MI • D

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    ME • D

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    DE • D

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    NY • D

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    FL • D

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    WA • D

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    OR • D

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    CA • D

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    OR • D

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    CA • D

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    VT • D

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    NY • D

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    MN • D

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    CA • D

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    NY • D

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    MA • D

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    CA • D

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    WA • D

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    NY • D

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    WI • D

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    NJ • D

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    NY • D

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    VA • D

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    MA • D

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    NC • D

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    AZ • D

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    AZ • D

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    CA • D

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    CA • D

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    GA • D

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    FL • D

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    IL • D

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    IL • D

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    CA • D

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    CA • D

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    IL • D

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    PA • D

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    HI • D

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    MD • D

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    OR • D

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    RI • D

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    IL • D

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    CA • D

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    NY • D

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    CA • D

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    CA • D

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    RI • D

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    NM • D

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    GA • D

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    NJ • D

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    MA • D

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    TX • D

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    PA • D

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    FL • D

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    NM • D

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  • Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]

    NY • D

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