S 437 — Caring for All Families Act

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html February 05, 2025

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This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to include domestic partners, in-laws, and additional family-related leave provisions.

• 29 U.S.C. 2611

  (20) Any other individual whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship.--The term `any other individual whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship', used with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means any person with whom the employee or covered servicemember, as the case may be, has a significant personal bond that is or is like a family relationship, regardless of biological or legal relationship.

  Defines 'any other individual' to include those who have a significant personal bond like a family relationship.

• 29 U.S.C. 2611

  who is-- → and includes an adult child.

  Expands the definition of 'son or daughter' to expressly include adult children.

• 29 U.S.C. 2611

  (21) Domestic partner.--The term `domestic partner', used with respect to an employee or a covered servicemember, means-- (A) the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee or covered servicemember under any domestic partnership or civil union law of a State or political subdivision of a State; or (B) in the case of an unmarried employee or covered servicemember, an unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal relationship with the employee or covered servicemember, is not a domestic partner as described in subparagraph (A) to or in such a relationship with any other person, and who is designated to the employer by such employee or covered servicemember as the domestic partner of that employee or covered servicemember.

  Defines what constitutes a domestic partner for the purposes of family and medical leave.

• 29 U.S.C. 2612

  spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent → spouse or domestic partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, if such spouse, domestic partner, son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece, or such other individual

  Expands the categories of family members for which employees can take leave.

• 29 U.S.C. 2612

  spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee → spouse or domestic partner, or a son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or any other individual whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee

  Adds domestic partners and more family relationships to those eligible for leave.

• 29 U.S.C. 2613

  son, daughter, spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appropriate → son or daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle or aunt, or nephew or niece of the employee, or the next of kin of an individual, or any other individual whose close association is the equivalent of a family relationship with the employee, as appropriate

  Updates the certification requirements to reflect the expanded definitions of eligible family members.

Action History

1. February 05, 2025

   Introduced in Senate

2. February 05, 2025

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-671)

Sponsors

• Richard J. Durbin · Primary
• John W. Hickenlooper · Cosponsor
• Kirsten E. Gillibrand · Cosponsor
• Jeff Merkley · Cosponsor
• Richard Blumenthal · Cosponsor
• Peter Welch · Cosponsor
• Tina Smith · Cosponsor
• Patty Murray · Cosponsor
• Alex Padilla · Cosponsor
• Tammy Duckworth · Cosponsor
• Andy Kim · Cosponsor

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