H.R. 1320

Summary

H.R. 1320, the Modern Worker Security Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 13, 2025 by Rep. Kevin Kiley (I) with 9 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Feb 20, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.

Record

Text

H.R. 1320 has 9 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1320 IH: 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.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-13
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1320  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    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.
1.
Benefits to not be considered
(a)
In general
In determining whether an individual is an employee of a person for the purposes of any Federal law, such a determination shall be made without considering whether such person provides to the individual a portable benefit.
(b)
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Portable benefit
The term  portable benefit  means a work-related benefit that is provided to an individual for work performed for another person in a manner that allows the individual to maintain the benefits without regard to whether the individual continues to perform work for such person.
(2)
Work-related benefit
The term  work-related benefit —
(A)
means benefits, including protections, of a type that are commonly provided to full-time employees, such as workers’ compensation, skills training, professional development, paid leave, disability coverage, health insurance coverage, retirement savings, income security, and short-term saving; and
(B)
includes contributions, financial or otherwise, to such benefits—
(i)
made on behalf of an individual by a person in connection with work performed by the individual for the person;
(ii)
made by the individual; or
(iii)
made through a combination of subparagraphs (A) and (B).

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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Kevin Kiley (I) sponsors H.R. 1320, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Kevin Kiley

Rep. · I–CA-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Mark Messmer

Rep. · R–IN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

Thomas Kean

Rep. · R–NJ-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 25, 2025

Earl Carter

Rep. · R–GA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 24, 2025

Burgess Owens

Rep. · R–UT-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025

Robert Onder

Rep. · R–MO-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 11, 2025

Glenn Grothman

Rep. · R–WI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

Michael Baumgartner

Rep. · R–WA-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 16, 2025

Mary Miller

Rep. · R–IL-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025

Elise Stefanik

Rep. · R–NY-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1320 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Reported By · Feb 20, 2026 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1320, the latest H. Rept. 119-506.

• H. Rept. 119-506 — MODERN WORKER SECURITY ACT

Actions

H.R. 1320 has taken 6 actions since Feb 13, 2025, the latest on Feb 20, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 1320 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1320 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Modern Worker Security Act — Display Title
• Modern Worker Security Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1320, the latest on Mar 17, 2026.

• H.R. 1320, Modern Worker Security Act — 2026-03-17As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 20, 2026

Lobbying

21 clients hired 20 firms and 218 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1320 in 82 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Trade (domestic/foreign), Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 21.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 218.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1320 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1320’s is Labor and Employment.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1320 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Employee benefits and pensions to Labor standards.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1320, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILEY of California:H.R. 1320.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8[Page H711]

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