Protect Our Probationary Employees Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 72
- Latest action
- Mar 10, 2025
What it does
The Protect Our Probationary Employees Act would allow federal employees who were involuntarily separated from service during a probationary or trial period between January 20, 2025, and January 20, 2029, to resume their probationary period upon reinstatement to a similar position in their former agency. The bill ensures that the total probationary time served before and after reinstatement counts toward completing the required probationary period, preventing employees from having to restart it entirely. It applies specifically to covered probationary employees in Executive agencies and includes a sunset provision that terminates the Act on January 20, 2029.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sarah Elfreth
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alma Adams
- Andrea Salinas
- April McClain Delaney
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Bradley Schneider
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Cleo Fields
- Danny Davis
- Darren Soto
- Deborah Ross
- Delia Ramirez
- Dina Titus
- Donald Beyer
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- George Latimer
- Gerald E. Connolly
- Glenn Ivey
- Greg Landsman
- Gwen Moore
- Haley Stevens
- Henry Johnson
- Jahana Hayes
- Jamie Raskin
- Janelle Bynum
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jeff Hurd
- Jennifer Kiggans
- Jill Tokuda
- Joe Neguse
- John Garamendi
- Johnny Olszewski
- Kathy Castor
- Kweisi Mfume
- Laura Friedman
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Maggie Goodlander
- Mark Pocan
- Maxine Waters
- Melanie Stansbury
- Michael Baumgartner
- Michael Turner
- Mikie Sherrill
- Nanette Barragán
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski
- Nydia Velázquez
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Where it goes next
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