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Fairness for Farm Workers Act

USA117th CongressS-4480| Senate 
| Updated: 6/23/2022
Alex Padilla

Alex Padilla

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (11)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Fairness for Farm Workers Act This bill extends overtime pay protections to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2023, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2023, 50 hours in 2024, 45 hours in 2025, and 40 hours in 2026) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2026. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as under current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-385
Fairness for Farm Workers Act
May 13, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-3194
Introduced in House
Jun 23, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Jun 23, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. CR S3163-3164)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-385
    Fairness for Farm Workers Act


  • May 13, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-3194
    Introduced in House


  • June 23, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 23, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. CR S3163-3164)

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3194: Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Fairness for Farm Workers Act

USA117th CongressS-4480| Senate 
| Updated: 6/23/2022
Fairness for Farm Workers Act This bill extends overtime pay protections to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2023, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2023, 50 hours in 2024, 45 hours in 2025, and 40 hours in 2026) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2026. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as under current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-385
Fairness for Farm Workers Act
May 13, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-3194
Introduced in House
Jun 23, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Jun 23, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. CR S3163-3164)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-385
    Fairness for Farm Workers Act


  • May 13, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-3194
    Introduced in House


  • June 23, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 23, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. CR S3163-3164)
Alex Padilla

Alex Padilla

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (11)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3194: Fairness for Farm Workers Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted