H.R. 2262 · 119th Congress · Labor and employment
Flexibility for Workers Education Act
H.R. 2262, Flexibility for Workers Education Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jan 13, 2026
Roll call ↗209
215
Failed in the House on January 13, 2026.
Latest action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection
- IntroducedMar 21, 2025
- CommitteeDec 30, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 13, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- all Republicans
- House committee
- Education and Workforce
- Lobbying
- At least 7
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill would amend section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act so that time an employee spends attending or participating in lectures, education or training programs, and similar activities is excluded from the hours worked used to determine minimum wage and overtime under sections 6 and 7 of that Act.
How each member voted
The House roll call, house vote, January 13, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill would amend section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act so that time an employee spends attending or participating in lectures, education or training programs, and similar activities is excluded from the hours worked used to determine minimum wage and overtime under sections 6 and 7 of that Act. The exclusion would apply regardless of whether the employer offers or facilitates the activity, but only when the participation occurs outside the employee's regular working hours, is voluntary with continued employment and working conditions not adversely affected by non-participation, and involves no productive work for the employer. It would keep the existing exclusion for time spent changing clothes or washing under a bona fide collective-bargaining agreement. The change would apply to hours worked on or after the date of enactment. It did not pass the House (vote 209-215).
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 7 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 17 quarterly reports filed by 1 lobbying firm and by 6 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: 1huddle Inc; Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.; International Franchise Association; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (Sbe Council). Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 2 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.