Legislation· Jan 2026Sponsored by Mark Messmer (R)
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
Excludes employer-paid child or dependent care from overtime pay calculations.
Tradeoff
Allows employers to provide child or elder care without it counting toward overtime wages. Reduces the base pay used to calculate time-and-a-half overtime rates.
What's in it
The House voted on a the bill on January 13, 2026. The motion failed 209-213. The bill's current status in the chamber is not yet determined from the votes provided.
House
Introduced
(Mar 21, 2025)
House
Committee on Education and Workforce(Mar 21, 2025)
House
The Committee on Education and Workforce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 18 - 13(Apr 9, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-413.
House
On
Failed(Roll #20 · Jan 13, 2026)
209 yeanay 213
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY)
- Randy Fine (R-FL)
- Mark Harris (R-NC)
- Robert F. Onder (R-MO)
Recently introduced · no floor action yet