US Congress Senate Bill 3513 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes, revises, and repeals specified paid sick time and paid leave programs, including programs addressing the public-health emergency related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill repeals divisions of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act that (1) expand emergency family and medical leave, (2) provide emergency paid sick leave, and (3) the establish payroll tax credits for such emergency paid leave.The bill requires employers to grant at least 1 hour of accrued paid sick time to each employee for every 30 hours worked, up to a minimum of 56 hours, or 7 days, for use under specified circumstances. Further, employees are immediately entitled to up to 14 days of additional paid sick time if a public-health emergency is declared. The bill also reimburses the employers of individuals who use accrued or additional sick time under these provisions.Additionally, the bill establishes a family and medical leave insurance benefit program to provide up to 60 days of partially-paid leave for qualifying circumstances including to care for a specified close relative with a serious health condition. The bill establishes a trust to pay benefits under the program, which is funded by an employer payroll tax and employee income tax.

Providing Americans Insured Days of Leave Act of 2020

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1185 (Related) 2019-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
SB463 (Related) 2019-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB6150 (Related) 2020-03-09 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB3415 (Related) 2020-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB6442 (Same As) 2020-04-03 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3513/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3513/BILLS-116s3513is.pdf