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H.R. 3151: Domestic Violence Leave Act

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H.R. 3151: Domestic Violence Leave Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-11 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Domestic Violence Leave Act

Plain summary

Domestic Violence Leave Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee, his or her same-sex spouse, or domestic partner to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period: (1) to care for such individual's family member, if the family member is addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects; or (2) because such individual is addressing such matters, he or she is unable to perform any of the functions of his or her position. Authorizes such individual to substitute any of his or her accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, family leave, or medical or sick leave for any of the 12-week period of such leave. Authorizes an employer to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in any situation in which such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees, their same-sex spouses, or domestic partners to the same leave allowance. Provides for the substitution of accrued paid annual or sick leave for any part of the 12-week period. Authorizes the employing agency to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Domestic Violence Leave Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · 46 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3151 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112