Caring for All Families Act

Senate Bill

S. 437

119th Congress

Caring for All Families Act

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 5, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Dan Sullivan

Senator

Republican

AK

Cosponsors

9

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Labor and Employment

Summary

This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a wider range of family members, including domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and other close relationships. It also creates a new type of leave for parents and grandparents to attend children's school activities and handle family care needs.

Latest Action

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

SponsorDan Sullivan (R-AK)

Introduced2/5/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-6

ChamberSenate

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Caring for All Families Act

This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a wider range of family members, including domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and other close relationships. It also creates

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This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a wider range of family members, including domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and other close relationships. It also creates a new type of leave for parents and grandparents to attend children's school activities and handle family care needs.

Bill Number: 437
Sponsor: Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Introduced: 2/5/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-6
Policy Area: Labor and Employment

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Title: Caring for All Families Act
Bill Number: 437
Sponsor: Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-6
Introduced: 2/5/2025
Summary: This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a wider range of family members, including domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and other close relationships. It also creates a new type of leave for parents and gran

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill expands the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a wider range of family members, including domestic partners, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and other close relationships. It also creates a new type of leave for parents and grandparents to attend children's school activities and handle family care needs.

Last updated: 3/5/2026

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Employees could take leave to care for domestic partners, adult children, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and anyone with a close family-like relationship who has a serious health condition.
The bill expands the definition of 'son or daughter' to include adult children and children of a domestic partner, removing the current age restrictions.
A domestic partner is defined as someone in a legally recognized domestic partnership or civil union, or an unmarried adult in a committed relationship designated by the employee.
The bill appears to create additional leave for parental involvement in children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities, though the full text of this provision is cut off.
These changes would apply to both private sector employees covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act and federal government employees.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would affect millions of workers who currently cannot take family leave to care for relatives beyond their spouse, children, or parents. It would particularly benefit employees in non-traditional family structures, including those with domestic partners, employees raising grandchildren, and those caring for aging in-laws or other close relatives. The expansion would provide job protection for workers who need time off for caregiving responsibilities that are not currently covered under federal law.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Labor and Employment

Related Subjects

Aging

Employee benefits and pensions

Employee leave

Family relationships

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military personnel and dependents

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

437, 119th Congress (2025). "Caring for All Families Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-437

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