Bill Details
HR.1320 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2026-02-20 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Committees
View committees (1)
Sponsors
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (9)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-Indiana-8]
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-New Jersey-7]
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-Georgia-1]
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-Utah-4]
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-Missouri-3]
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-Wisconsin-6]
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-Washington-5]
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-New York-21]
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-Illinois-15]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would change how the federal government decides whether a worker is an employee. It says that if a person or company gives a worker portable benefits, that alone cannot be used to decide the worker is an employee. Portable benefits are benefits a worker can keep even if they stop working for that specific person or company. The bill is meant to make it easier for workers to get benefits like health coverage, retirement savings, training, or paid leave without that being treated as a sign that they are automatically employees under federal law.
- Federal agencies would have to make employee status decisions without counting whether a person or company provides benefits to the worker.
- The bill defines benefits broadly. This includes protections or benefits the worker can keep after the job ends, as well as benefits often given to full-time employees.
- Examples of covered benefits include workers’ compensation, skills training, professional development, paid leave, disability coverage, health insurance, retirement savings, and short-term savings.
- The bill also covers money or other contributions toward these benefits, whether paid by the company, the worker, or both together.
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Current Full Text
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[H.R. 1320 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 432
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1320
[Report No. 119-506]
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Kiley of California (for himself and Mr. Messmer) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Workforce
February 20, 2026
Additional sponsors: Mr. Kean, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Owens, Mr.
Onder, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Baumgartner, Ms. Stefanik, and Mrs. Miller of
Illinois
February 20, 2026
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
February 13, 2025]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Modern Worker Security Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERATION OF BENEFITS.
(a) Prohibition.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
for the purposes of any Federal law, a determination of whether an
individual is an employee of a person shall be made without considering
whether such person provides a benefit to the individual.
(b) Benefit Defined.--In this Act, the term ``benefit'' includes--
(1) a benefit, including a protection, that is provided to
an individual for work performed for another person that the
individual may maintain without regard to whether the
individual continues to perform work for such person;
(2) a benefit, including a protection, that is commonly
provided to a full-time employee (such as workers'
compensation, skills training, professional development, paid
leave, disability coverage, health insurance coverage,
retirement savings, and short-term savings); and
(3) a contribution, financial or otherwise, with respect to
a benefit described in paragraph (1) or (2) that is--
(A) made on behalf of an individual by a person in
connection with work performed by the individual for
the person;
(B) made by the individual; or
(C) made through a combination of subparagraphs (A)
and (B).
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to prohibit the
consideration of benefits when determining whether an
individual is an employee of a person.''.
Union Calendar No. 432
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1320
[Report No. 119-506]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
_______________________________________________________________________
February 20, 2026
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed