# 119-hr-9008: Worker Rights and Support Act

119-hr-9008, Worker Rights and Support Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9008
- Congress: 119
- Title: Worker Rights and Support Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-16

## Summary

**Guarantees regular paid and unpaid breaks for workers.** This bill would add mandatory meal, rest, restroom, and medical break rules to the Fair Labor Standards Act to define when breaks must be provided and how they must be paid. - Workers: Employees would get a meal break of at least 30 minutes every 6 hours, a rest or restroom break during each 4-hour period (at least 10 minutes), and medical breaks up to 20 minutes when supported by a health care provider. Paid break time would count as hours worked. - Pay rules and interrupted breaks: If an employee is not fully relieved or cannot leave the premises during a meal break the employer would owe the full break time at no less than 1.5 times the employee's regular rate. Rest and medical breaks would be paid at the regular rate. - Employers and enforcement: Violations would become a prohibited act under the Fair Labor Standards Act and subject to the same legal and equitable remedies and enforcement pathways as other wage and hour rules. The measure also removes a related section of the Act to align rules with the new break framework.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New paid meal and rest breaks: benefit, medium. If enacted, you would get a 30-minute meal break for every 6 hours of work. You would get rest or restroom breaks at least every 4 hours, at least 10 minutes or longer to use the nearest working and accessible restroom. If a health care provider says you need it, you would get medical breaks up to…
- Repeal of prior break provision: mixed, low. If enacted, this bill would repeal Section 10 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 210). This repeal is a technical, conforming change tied to the new break rules. Employers and employees might see legal effects where Section 10 previously applied.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9008 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9008)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9008 (as of 2026-09-16).