Last progress May 12, 2025 (6 months ago)
Introduced on May 12, 2025 by Tammy Duckworth
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill expands family and medical leave for military families. It lets more relatives and close loved ones take time off to care for a servicemember, including spouses or partners, parents (and in-laws), grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, sons- or daughters-in-law, next of kin, and anyone with a close, family-like bond. Eligible workers can take up to 26 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember. It also adds up to 26 workweeks for a covered servicemember who is an employee and cannot work because of a serious injury or illness. Leave can be taken all at once or in parts, and workers should give reasonable notice when leave is foreseeable. Health benefits continue during leave, with simple doctor’s notes allowed to confirm the need for care or the inability to work. These updates apply to private-sector workers covered by family and medical leave and to federal civilian employees under similar rules.