All Roll Calls
Yes: 209 • No: 215
HR2312119th CongressWALLET
Tipped Employee Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
In Committee
Summary
Replaces the $30-per-month tip test with a wage-based standard that decides who counts as a tipped employee. The bill would tie tipping status to whether an employee's tips plus required cash wage meet the federal minimum for a chosen work period.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New tipped-worker status rule
This bill would change who counts as a tipped employee. It would remove the old $30-per-month test. Instead, an employee would be treated as tipped for an employer-chosen work period if tips plus other cash wages for that period, when combined with the required cash wage under current tip-credit rules, are at least equal to the federal minimum wage. Employers could pick work periods like 1 day, 1 week, every 2 weeks, every 28 days, or each pay period.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
AR • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]
TX • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
AR • R
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
LA • R
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]
IN • R
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/13/2026
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 209 • No: 215