Healthy Families Act (S.910, H.R.1542)

Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to provide a minimum paid sick leave of: (1) seven days annually for those who work at least 30 hours per week; and (2) a prorated annual amount for those who work less than 30 but at least 20 hours a week, or less than 1,500 but at least 1,000 hours per year.

Allows employees to use such leave to meet their own medical needs or to care for the medical needs of certain family members.

Sponsor: Senate- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MA); House- Rep. Rosa L. Delauro (CT-3)

Introduced: Senate- 3/15/2007; House- 3/15/2007

Status/Last Major Action:
House: 6/27/07- Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
3/15/2007 – Referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
3/15/2007-  Referred to the following House Committees:   Education and Labor; Oversight and Government Reform; and House Administration

Cosponsors:

Senate: 24
Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. (HI), Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. (DE), Sen. Boxer, Barbara (CA), Sen. Brown, Sherrod (OH), Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. (PA), Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham (NY), Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. (CT), Sen. Durbin, Richard (IL), Sen. Feingold, Russell D. (WI), Sen. Harkin, Tom (IA), Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. (HI), Sen. Johnson, Tim (SD), Sen. Kerry, John F. (MA), Sen. Klobuchar, Amy (MN), Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. (NJ), Sen. Levin, Carl (MI), Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. (CT), Sen. Menendez, Robert (NJ), Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. (MD), Sen. Murray, Patty (WA), Sen. Obama, Barack (IL), Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV (WV), Sen. Sanders, Bernard (VT), Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (NY)

House: 80
Rep. Abercrombie, Neil (HI-1), Rep. Allen, Thomas H. (ME-1), Rep. Baca, Joe (CA-43), Rep. Baldwin, Tammy (WI-2), Rep. Berman, Howard L. (CA-28), Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. (NY-1), Rep. Blumenauer, Earl (OR-3), Rep. Capps, Lois (CA-23), Rep. Capuano, Michael E. (MA-8), Rep. Carnahan, Russ (MO-3), Rep. Christensen, Donna M. (VI), Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy (MO-1), Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel (MO-5), Rep. Cohen, Steve (TN-9), Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. (MI-14), Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. (MD-7), Rep. Davis, Danny K. (IL-7), Rep. Doyle, Michael F. (PA-14), Rep. Ellison, Keith (MN-5), Rep. Emanuel, Rahm (IL-5), Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. (CA-14), Rep. Filner, Bob (CA-51), Rep. Frank, Barney (MA-4), Rep. Green, Al (TX-9), Rep. Grijalva, Raul M. (AZ-7), Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. (IL-4), Rep. Hare, Phil (IL-17), Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. (NY-22), Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. (HI-2), Rep. Holt, Rush D. (NJ-12), Rep. Honda, Michael M. (CA-15), Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. (IL-2), Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila (TX-18), Rep. Kildee, Dale E. (MI-5), Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. (MI-13), Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. (OH-10), Rep. Lantos, Tom (CA-12), Rep. Larson, John B. (CT-1), Rep. Lee, Barbara (CA-9), Rep. Lewis, John (GA-5), Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (CA-16), Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. (MA-9), Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. (NY-14), Rep. Markey, Edward J. (MA-7), Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn (NY-4), Rep. McCollum, Betty (MN-4), Rep. McDermott, Jim (WA-7), Rep. McGovern, James P. (MA-3), Rep. McNulty, Michael R. (NY-21), Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. (FL-17), Rep. Michaud, Michael H. (ME-2), Rep. Miller, George (CA-7), Rep. Moore, Gwen (WI-4), Rep. Moran, James P. (VA-8), Rep. Murphy, Christopher S. (CT-5), Rep. Nadler, Jerrold (NY-8), Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC), Rep. Oberstar, James L. (MN-8), Rep. Olver, John W. (MA-1), Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. (NJ-6), Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. (NJ-8), Rep. Payne, Donald M. (NJ-10), Rep. Price, David E. (NC-4), Rep. Rangel, Charles B. (NY-15), Rep. Rothman, Steven R. (NJ-9), Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille (CA-34), Rep. Sanchez, Linda T. (CA-39), Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (IL-9), Rep. Serrano, Jose E. (NY-16), Rep. Sestak, Joe (PA-7), Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete (CA-13), Rep. Sutton, Betty (OH-13), Rep. Towns, Edolphus (NY-10), Rep. Van Hollen, Chris (MD-8), Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. (NY-12), Rep. Waxman, Henry A. (CA-30), Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. (NY-9), Rep. Wexler, Robert (FL-19), Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. (CA-6), Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell (MD-4)